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TIL that Iran has the most transexual operations in the world (after Thailand) and that the government will pay for up to half the cost.

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5Ygm9 TIL that bails of hay can spontaneously combust if they contain too much moisture.
4m5o TIL that the last US President to speak a foreign language fluently was FDR
xVKKo TIL When Jimmy Carter got elected President, he got a phone call from Elvis Presley. "He was totally stoned and didn't know what he was saying. His sentences were almost incoherent".
awYdL TIL Luxury brand committees from Italy (Altagamma), France(Comité Colbert), UK(Walpole), Germany(Meisterkreis), Spain(Circulo Fortuny) and Sweden(Gustaf III Kommitté) in 2010 formed an European association of their own and named it - European Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance (ECCIA).
KO6lQ TIL NASA accidentally recorded over the original moon landing tapes and lost a critical piece of human history forever