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TIL of Caroline Crossey, who was the first trans woman to appear in a James Bond a film (in 1981) and the first trans woman to pose for Playboy (in 1991)

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x6QDo TIL British military scientists sent hundreds of Indian soldiers into gas chambers and exposed them to mustard gas and did not check up on the Indian soldiers after the experiments to see if they developed any illnesses. It is now recognised that mustard gas can cause cancer and other diseases.
AKmg TIL at school, Richard Branson’s headmaster said he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire
J1OLk TIL that privacy self-management (i.e., the principle that people individually manage their privacy via notice and consent) is based on multiple "fundamentally wrong" assumptions.
Zpyap TIL During El Nino events there is less planetary angular momentum and days are slightly longer due to the mass of the atmosphere.
wRko TIL In 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.