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TIL that there is an exposed breast on flag of the US state of Virginia. It was added to the flag in 1901 when the then secretary of the commonwealth of Virginia felt Virtus, the Roman goddess of virtue featured on the flag, who at the time wore a full breast plate, looked too manly.

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Ypjxr TIL in 1996, a patient with gender dysphoria was successfully treated using pimozide
XbmQ TIL of British fighter pilot Robert Stanford Tuck. After forcing a German bomber to jettison its payload in the countryside instead of over a city, it caught the corner of an Army training camp, killing one man. His sister’s Husband.
BAmb TIL Irena Sendler smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter outside the Ghetto, saving those children from the Holocaust.
ANrWg TIL that the blueberry girl from Chocolate Factory and the Leslie from Terabithia are played by the same actress, my whole childhood was a lie
EgYep TIL the Japanese government launched Sake Viva, a contest to encourage young people to drink more and so boost tax revenues.