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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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GkJG TIL 114 billionaires have pledged to donate the majority of their wealth to philanthropy as part of a project led by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.(X-post from worldnews)
GAvl5 TIL: Abraham Lincoln’s dog Fido was also assassinated/murdered in 1865.
0dAJA TIL Double slit experiment works not only with photons and electrons but also with molecules of up to 2000 atoms.
0OaN TIL that in 2014, three mycologists (fungus experts) from Kew Gardens in England, analysed the DNA of a supermarket packet of dried porcini mushrooms and found three species unknown to science.
oBQgR TIL First contemporary study to debunk the myth, that homosexuality is a mental disorder, dates back to 1956. Evelyn Hooker's experiment paired a sample of 30 heterosexual men and 30 homosexual men on equivalent IQ, age, and education, finding no correlation between homosexuality and mental illness