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TIL that Harvard’s health care plan covers transgender surgeries.

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Eg5Ep TIL because US constitutional amendment ratification doesn't have a deadline, the amendment proposed in 1861 for making slavery constitutionally protected could in theory still be ratified
XEVWr TIL the archer fish's most notable attribute is its uncanny ability to fire a "super-soaker" jet of water to knock down its insect prey into the water where it is quickly eaten. They can spray up to 10 ft with astonishing precision while at the same time compensating for the water refraction angle.
PYwye TIL that in high school Weird Al Yankovic was a part-time accordion teacher and occasional accordion repo-man. And he has a degree in Architecture.
KYvgJ TIL that a Cantonese phrase is used to describe simps as "Soldiers of the Goddess of Mercy."
neoGo TIL the popular Japanese dish ramen is actually Chinese and was introduced to Japan only 100 years ago; it was originally known as “shina soba”: shina for China, soba for the noodle dish already well established in Japanese cuisine.