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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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9Y8d7 TIL that during the 1946 election for sheriff in Athens, Tennessee a deputy refused to let an elderly black man vote. When the man dropped his ballot and ran, the deputy shot him in the back. This catalyst led to WWII veterans laying siege on the officers holed up in a prison.
v1lj4 TIL that in 2007, a group of researchers tried treating Arachnophobia without the use of any spiders, but by showing arachnophobes images with spider-like features. After the treatment, some test subjects were comfortable petting a tarantula in a terrarium.
OwBa TIL that coastal Alaska (where most people live) is warmer than during the winter than Chicago or other parts of the US Midwest. The average winter temperature in Anchorage is 26°F, compared to 10°F in Minneapolis. Some areas are so warm that bears don’t hibernate; they instead eat all winter.
Rbg6 TIL France lost 1.397 million in 4 years defending against the Germans in WWI. That is more military deaths than the US has ever lost since its birth to now (1775-2012).
nevGY TIL the FBI caught one of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers after he returned to the Ryder from which he rented the truck used to carry the bomb, wanting the $400 deposit back because his truck was "stolen".