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TIL of Thomas(ine) Hall; an intersex person for whom a Jamestown Court in 1629 could not determine their sex, and thus ruled they were both and ordered them to dress in men's and women's clothing at all times.

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5Yrmr TIL that in 1985 the mayors of Rome and Carthage signed a symbolic peace treaty to end the state of war between the two cities technically going back over 2100 years.
9rn6 TIL that criminal profilers have never been proven to be effective, in fact, tests show that “experts” achieve no more success than laymen.
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