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

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9wnEm TIL KNTU, the radio station for the University of North Texas used to be KUNT.
4dXR TIL that in 1989, a group calling itself “The Breeders” deliberately caused a medfly infestation in California, devastating crops and causing millions in damage. No suspects were ever identified.
nROY TIL that a Roman Mile was defined as 1,000 paces. Armies would leave mile markers every 1,000 steps as they marched; as a result, well-fed armies marching at a fast pace marked longer miles.
9YyWr TIL Blaise Diagne,born in Senegal,was the 1st black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1914,also hold a position in the French gvt. His son would become the 1st black footballer in France,and won it in 1936. His grandson would be mayor of a French town until he died in 2017
e104 TIL that the oldest operating school in the world is The King’s School in Canterbury, England, at 1,420 years old. It was founded in AD 597 during the Late Antiquity era, 100 years after the fall of Rome.