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TIL that although homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, transexuality is nevertheless fully legal and the Iranian government regularly funds gender reassignment surgeries. Iran carries out more gender change operations than any country in the world besides Thailand.

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e0mdL TIL after the failure of the 1986 film "Howard the Duck", George Lucas sold some of his assets to recoup the budget, including a computer-animated company to Steve Jobs. That company would go on to become Pixar.
WKno TIL of David Hahn, who at 17 years old attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his backyard, which at one point was emitting over 1000 times normal background radiation.
rRbP4 TIL 'Turn On' (1969) was the shortest lived show in TV history, being yanked off the air by some affiliates before it even returned from the first commercial break in the first episode. The creators were paid to never air it again.
l7Kk7 TIL that the song You Don't Mess Around With Jim is actually about Jim losing a fight
ADVeB TIL the reason we call them an ear nose and throat doctor, is because the actual word to describe them is one of the hardest words to pronounce in the English language. The correct word to use is a Otorhinolaryngologist. o-to-rhi-no-lar-yn-gol-o-gist