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TIL If a male lion is neutered it’s mane will fall out.

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8eQ4 TIL that in 2010 security researchers were invited to try to tamper with an Internet voting pilot. Within 36 hours they had made the website play the Michigan fight song and changed all the votes to write-ins for various fictional robots and computers.
mxjMP TIL one of Pedro Pascal's stunt doubles in The Mandalorian is Brendan Wayne; grandson of legendary western movie star John Wayne.
rRoY1 TIL Channel Drift is when a TV network shifts its shows to newer and more profitable audiences. The History Channel began showing non-history shows like Pawn Stars, American Pickers and Top Shots. Sci-Fi channel re-branded to Syfy to avoid trademark issues and include WWE professional wrestling.
y9Yl TIL Barter economies never existed. There’s no historical description of such a system—though there is evidence of gift economies.
nevAP TIL that there is credible evidence and sworn eyewitness reports, that Gustav Weißkopf was the first person to ever fly a powered aeroplane, while the Wright brothers tried everything to discredit Weißkopf with dubious articles and contracts.