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TIL there was a Native American warrior named Osh-Tisch (Finds Them and Kills them) who was born a biological male but lived and dressed as a woman, a practice known as “badé” in Crow.

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rx5o TIL Baseball is so popular in Japan that many fans are surprised to hear that Americans also consider it their national sport.
BrQpy TIL pinworms live in the gut but their eggs have to be eaten and hatch in the lower intestine. So at night they peek out the anus, causing people to itch themselves while sleeping, later transferring them to the mouth. 1/2 the world population has had them.
djx9 TIL Pancho Villa’s last words before he died were: “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”
5vBk TIL On August 16, 2013, Google went down for 5 minutes and in that time, the global internet traffic dropped by 40%.
nWWG9 Today I learned of Simon the Sorcerer, the magician in the bible who tried to pay his way into the Apostles and knew how to fly