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TIL Iran carries out more sex change operations than any other nation in the world except for Thailand

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JYjY4 TIL when the Bulgarian monarch died at 49 during WW2, his 6-year-old son Simeon became the leader. Shortly after, 97% of Bulgaria voted to end the monarchy in favor of a democracy. In 2005, 64-year-old Simeon ran for Prime Minister of Bulgaria and won, making him the country's leader again.
d8rDj TIL the great grandson of Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II became a knight. His family worked their way up the political ladder to become a duke. Today the Duke of Moctezuma is still a Spanish noble family with palaces and properties in Spain.
epgLJ TIL Crispin Glover, who played George McFly in Back to the Future, was replaced with actor Jeffrey Weissman in the sequel. They used shots of Glover from Back to the Future to make it more convincing. Glover was unhappy at this and sued, which resulted in the adoption of stricter rules by the SAG.
ZPGp TIL that North Korea revalued its currency in 2009. Citizens were given a week to exchange old money for new, and were only permitted to exchange a certain amount of currency, worth something like $120 US at the time. This completely wiped out savings for many families.
Y7Ro7 TIL according to medieval legend the Codex Gigas was created by a monk sentenced to be walled up alive; but to escape death promised to create, in one night, a book with all human knowledge. Near midnight, the desperate monk gave Lucifer his soul to finish the book. Thus, a nickname "Devil's Bible".