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TIL Brains of Transgender people more closely resemble brains of the sex they align with.

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OGyde TIL there are only 2 Everglades in the world: Florida, USA and Noosa, Australia, with the latter containing more than 40% of Australia's birdlife and the only one you can safely swim in.
MeDmW TIL the 1100 page epic novel about the history of Japan "Shogun" by James Clavell was inspired by a single sentence in his daughter's school textbook that read "in 1600 an Englishman went to Japan and became a Samurai".
GAYAE TIL - Bananas are curved because they are negatively geotropic; they curve upwards to break through the banana leaf canopy to reach sunlight!
jvLX TIL there was a renowned deaf-mute baseball player in the early 20th century named “Dummy” Taylor. He was the highest paid deaf person of the 1900’s and was also known as the comedian of the Giants, coaching at third base in rubber boots when an umpire refused to call a game due to rain.
VMBaD TIL The code to inform US troops that South Vietnam was lost and should be evacuated instantly, was a weather report followed by the song "White Christmas"... in April.