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TIL Zebras fart with every stride when running away from a predator

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j7BR TIL That despite homosexual sex being punishable by death (potentially) in Iran, sex change operations are perfectly legal and often state-funded. Iranians account for the second highest amount of sex changes in the world, behind Thailand.
b9e7 TIL that many people have experienced “cryptomnesia”, which is what happens when you think you’ve come up with something original, such as an idea or a joke, but it was actually something you’d seen before and forgotten about.
ADEPx TIL in 1959 Alfred Hitchcock was approached to direct the first James Bond movie. However, he did not want to make another spy thriller right after "North by Northwest", and instead started working on "Psycho".
b9E9 TIL at serial killer Carl Panzram’s execution, when asked if he had any last words, he said, “Yes, hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could kill ten men while you’re fooling around!”
WE4Y TIL that there is a school in San Diego which is exclusively for students who are homeless, at risk of being homeless, or impacted by homelessness