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TIL High heels on men's shoes was once considered virile and masculine

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5Vnp TIL that Harvard’s health care plan covers transgender surgeries.
woN8W TIL about the elite overproduction theory, where a sucessful society produces more percieved members of the elite than it can sustain, thus creating societal instability when an "alternative" elite bands together to take over power in what they see as their rightful places in society
Zpj9p TIL that the band Black Sabbath started out as the Polka Tulk Blues Band, and featured a saxophonist and slide guitarist. Polka Tulk broke up and reformed as a four-man band called Earth in order to quietly get rid of the two extra musicians.
mxKjM TIL rain on concrete or soil causes pockets of gas that were stored to be released because they get softened, which gives that familiar ‘after-rain’ smell
Z6na TIL of the existence of the monstrous cthurkey, an octopus-stuffed turkey with crab legs and bacon