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TIL that the brains of transgender people more closely match the brains of the gender they identify as than the one they don’t

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QOme TIL the oldest unopened wine bottle in the world is from a 4th century Roman tomb
e0x5L TIL, on April 9th 2007, a theater filled with parents and their small children who were there to see 'The Last Mimzy' were accidentally shown 'The Hills Have Eyes 2', in which the beginning of the movie features a screaming, bruised, beaten, and bloodied woman delivering a deformed newborn
xb7g TIL that before Neil deGrasse Tyson went on The Daily Show, he paid attention to how many sentences Jon Stewart usually allowed before interrupting. He picked up on the kind of phrases Stewart liked to pick up on, which is why he described astronomy using sexually suggestive language.
b9JaZ TIL A cow is not a cow until it has had at least one calf. Until then it is called a heifer.
5VYv8 TIL ravens and wolf cubs have been observed playing, with ravens flying over the cubs with sticks, teasing the cubs into jumping to grab the stick.