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xVAK1 TIL that between 1995 and 2000, hundreds of girls in the US went through estrogen therapy that often causes serious long-term effects, to prevent them from growing taller because of perceived social harms of being “too tall”
P87n TIL there is a temple in India where women come to shave their heads as part of a religious ceremony. After they leave, the temple sells the hair to companies that make hair extensions.
7rxx TIL - until 1993, in North Carolina, a husband could legally rape his wife under the spousal exemption from rape laws - 33 states still regard spousal rape as a lesser crime.