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TIL when Patrick Stewart grew a comb over as a young bald man, some friends of his invited him on a picnic, then forcibly held him down, cut it off, and told him "You be yourself. No more hiding."

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Br47r TIL when animals are depicted on flags, they face left (the hoist) by default as they would in the wind