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TIL Transgender women are 49 times more likely to have HIV than the general population

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E16e7 TIL According to Stanford psychologists, the the advice “find your passion” could have negative affect on people because it implies that the number of interests a person has is limited. That causes people to narrow their focus and neglect other areas.
OkK6 TIL: The ORANGE is cross between two common fruits, a pomelo and a mandarin, so its a hybrid.
jv6X TIL in 1943, a Mexican farmer named Dionisio Pulido had a volcano start to form in his corn field. By the early 50s it was over 400 meters tall. Before being evacuated and leaving his home for the last time, he left a sign that read “This volcano is owned and operated by Dionisio Pulido.”
waA7 TIL A Chinese man kicked a sleeping Dog out of his parking space and the Dog returned with 4 other Dogs and destroyed his car
Eld TIL in the 60’s Nazi themed pornographic comics were hugely popular in Israel. Often read by the children of Holocoust survivors, the books told perverse tales of captured American or British pilots being abused by sadistic female SS officers outfitted with whips and boots