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TIL of Sir Ewan Forbes, an intersex British aristocrat and rural doctor who applied to change his sex in 1952. Afraid of possible ostracism, he alerted his patients, priest and friends in advance and found that they were “universally supportive”. He married his partner in a church a month later.

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dkP8 TIL a lot of shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted around Halloween, out of fear that they might be sacrificed or tortured during rituals.
1ZDr TIL A swimmer in the 2000 Olympics had taken up swimming only eight months earlier and had practiced in a 20m(66ft) pool at a hotel. Before the Olympics he had never even seen a 50m(160ft) swimming pool. He won his heat and today he’s the coach of the Equatorial Guinea swimming squad.
YNMB TIL openaccess2020 is an initiative that seeks to make scientific data 100% transparent and accessible for everyone!
W8Wd TIL when the 1979 film The China Syndrome, about a coverup at a nuclear plant, was released, it was denounced as a ‘character assassination of an entire industry’. 12 days later, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurred.
nOGb TIL: Pro wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow suffered burns to 40% of his body saving three children from a burning house. Ironically, he also has flames tattooed on his head.