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TIL of Dora Richter, the first transgender woman to have received GRS in 1922/1931 in Germany. She had survived the nazi regime despite the destruction of the sexual research institute and lived to 1966

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x6Ln5 TIL that after Terry Jones filmed the 1996 adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" with live actors, the US distributor essentially ignored it. Eventually, Jones heard that the film was being shown in 1 US cinema; when he went there, he found out that it was a pornographic cinema.
7reJP TIL the so-called 'Autism Epidemic' isn't an epidemic at all but rather an increase in reported incidents due to a growing awareness of autism and changes to the condition’s diagnostic criteria.
871V TIL North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate.
BgynD TIL Gondola, the famous boat used in Venice, was a war boat with its peculiar front used as an iron axe in naval wars to protect the Serenissima republic of Venice
6EbXw TIL about a unique example of unconscious bias during a workplace information session. When the iOS YouTube app gained the functionality to upload videos, 5-10% appeared upside down as they were filmed by left-handed people. The entire team was right handed and had not encountered the issue.