# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)

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While trying to think up a clever reply to this joke in another thread…

> [@Where do Imperial Stormtroopers do their Christmas shopping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-imperial-stormtroopers-do-their-christmas-shopping/1025945/4):
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> What do the reindeer wives do to pass the time while their husbands are pulling Santa around the world on Christmas Eve night?

I discovered that Santa’s reindeer are likely all female because only female reindeer keep their antlers through the winter and into Christmas, while males shed theirs after the autumn mating season. The only exception is castrated bucks…I always suspected Santa had a dark side.

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