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TIL that Castration prevents male pattern baldness if done before the hair is lost

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1pQ7 TIL In 2009, General Motors declared bankruptcy, took billions in government bailout money and issued new stock for the “new GM,” with no compensation for the old shareholders now worthless “old GM” stock.
4kXyN TIL that owls have lopsided ears. The asymmetrical design allows them to pinpoint sounds more accurately in 3D space.
8e91X TIL about Tulare Lake, once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi for thousands of years (3.5x larger than Lake Tahoe), resided in California's Central Valley before it all but completely disappeared in the late 19th Century primarily due to agriculture.
E1gld TIL that the Slinky was invented by accident, when a Mechanical Engineer was working to devise springs that could keep sensitive ship equipment steady at sea. After accidentally knocking some samples off a shelf, he watched in amazement as they gracefully “walked” down instead of falling.
Bgm6r TIL that one of Ireland's biggest ever storms is known as "Night of the Big Wind"