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TIL that expectant fathers experience hormonal changes as well. Testosterone and estradiol are lowered.

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VBEjm Today I learned that filberts (which I grew up enjoying) and hazelnuts (which I thought I'd never tried) are the same thing (and in the UK, they're called cobnuts).
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