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TIL that scotch tape can generate x-rays

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nRnG TIL of Guevedoces, people who exist only in a small community in the Dominican Republic. They are boys who are born without male sex organs, looking mostly identical to girls until puberty when their male sex organs grow in.
4X95N TIL that in Uncanny X-Men #427, it was revealed that mutants can't get AIDS
j6dpv TIL Actor Josh Hutcherson and R&B Singer Tinashe were used as motion-capture models for the 2004 film The Polar Express. Both of their characters did not have names, but were rather called “Hero Girl” and “Hero Boy”.
1aeoV TIL that in 1992, Paul Lynch completed 124 consecutive push-ups over approximately 5 minutes using only his finger.
5g7n TIL with over $8.5 billion worldwide film earnings, Tom Hanks is the highest all-time box office star.