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TIL A Bachelorette type TV show aired in the UK where, unbeknownst to the contestants the, ‘Bachelorette’ was a pre-op transexual woman the whole time.

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OoJJY TIL that China produces 42% of the world's cigarettes. Nearly 60% of male Chinese doctors are smokers. In most of the country smoking is considered socially acceptable anywhere at any time, even if it is technically illegal.
PY6ZZ TIL that the unit of measurement for sausage casing is "by the hank". (1 hank = 91 meters)
rNDxd TIL about Pidakala War, an annual cow dung fight in an Indian village where locals believe it brings good health, rain, and prosperity
R6E7 TIL of the town Nalcrest, Florida where you have to be a retired letter carrier to live there and which, quite ironically, does not have mail delivery service.
0A9R TIL a study was released in 2007 which emphasized that Generation X’s men made less (by 12%) than their fathers had at that same age in 1974, thus reversing a historical trend.