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TIL learned that James Barry, a military surgeon, was actually born as a woman and pretended to be a man throughout her life. In hindsight, she was UKs first female doctor.

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6EOl TIL bread tie colors have a specific meaning
6og8 TIL scientists have successfully genetically engineered American chestnut trees to resist the blight that annihilated them, bringing back a species from functional extinction.
475b TIL the South Pacific island of Vanuatu banned the imports of western junk food as a way to combat future health problems.
8e6lK TIL: BBC interviewed a man who married a fictional girl. In 2019, 12% of people in Japan reported falling in love with anime/game characters. According to Sociologist Masahiro Yamada, the rise in pseudo relationships is due to hard work life and a dwindling pool of well paid men.
ADJPn TIL of the Pelton Wheel, a more efficient water wheel, 1st used during the California Gold Rush. The wheel extracts energy from the impulse of moving water shooting into a split concave bucket, as opposed to water's dead weight like the traditional overshot water wheel.