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TIL in the ‘60s and '70s it was common for young boys with micropenises to be given sex reassignment surgery and raised as girls

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d5mj TIL that there were two New York brothers who were severe hoarders through the 1940s. One of them took care of the disabled other. The healthy brother set up booby traps all around the house to keep outsiders away, which led to the accidental death of both of them.
8ol4 TIL the number one cause of death the North Atlantic blue whale is collision with ship
W7GWN TIL that on June 15, 2018, Stephen Hawking’s ashes were interred in Westminster Abbey between Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. During the ceremony, the European Space Agency honored him by beaming a recording of his voice toward the nearest known black hole, which will take 3,500 years to arrive.
RBD4 TIL that, in order to become Governor of Kentucky, one must have never participated in a duel.
5Yvj9 TIL that when 10 Downing Street was restored in the 1960s, it was found that its iconic black bricks were actually yellow, and had been stained black by two centuries of urban smog