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TIL of Balkan sworn virgins - People born as women who took a vow of chastity in order to be considered men

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XEwBP TIL Hugh Jackman was a last minute fill-in for the role of Wolverine in the X-men movies. Dougray Scott was originally cast for the role, but had to back out when Mission Impossible 2 needed more shooting time and Tom Cruise wouldn't let him leave the set.
J16GV TIL that in one bestiality case in colonial Plymouth, sixteen-year-old Thomas Grazer was forced to point out the sheep he’d had sex with from a line-up; he then had to watch the animals be killed before he himself was executed.
nOYo TIL that first sentences of paragraphs that are left at the bottom of a page alone called Widows, and the reverse with the last sentences/words of paragraphs at the top of pages are called Orphans.
5Px9 TIL Mars rover Opportunity has set the record for longest distance traveled on a celestial object. It also was only supposed to last 90 days. That was 10 years ago.
m15R TIL that insurgents in Iraq used the geotags from pictures posted to the Internet by soldiers to target and destroy 4 Apache attack helicopters on the ground