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TIL that in when David Reimer was born in 1965, his doctor had accidentally burned off his penis during a failed circumcision. His family, under the guidance of Dr. John Money, decided to raise him as a girl, to prove that nurture, and not nature, defines sexual identity. It failed

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0Vav TIL: The Dead Sea Scrolls, prized by Jews, also talks about Gilgamesh, the Babylonian hero, as a real person who died in the Flood. He receives dreams of his impending doom, making it a possible prequel for his journey in his Babylonian Epoch.
8ar14 TIL of the Circumcellions, a 4th century Christian sect. They believed that the greatest Christian virtue was martyrdom, so they attacked random people with clubs while praising God in the hopes that they would be killed by their victims.
KOeBB TIL Vancouver recently begun the application process to designate Chinatown a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to increase recognition. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Courtyard is a key public space, though years of neglect and general disuse have led to its becoming a popular site for vandalism and loitering
5Y1OP TIL there was a plan to build a 3,000 slot machine casino almost 3 miles from the Gettysburg Battlefield, which would create 3,000 jobs and a year-round tourism industry. It was rejected twice (2006 and 2011) under opposition from Civil War enthusiasts including Ken Burns and composer John Williams.
eeZL TIL famous hacker Kevin Mitnick played a computer expert in the first season of Alias. They used dummy computers since touching one violated his parole.