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TIL in Iran although homosexuality is illegal sex changes are not: The government will pay half the money for the operation to a person who wants to change their sex seeing it as ‘a cure for homosexuality’, as a result Iran performs the second most sex changes in the world- second only to Thailand

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XBlQ TIL There were as many as 60,000,000 (60 million) bisons in 1800. In 1900, there were only 300 left due to mass-hunting. A handful of ranchers saved the species from extinction. Today, the number of bisons is about 500,000. However, only 15 to 25 thousand of these are pure bisons and not hybrids.
wLYPE TIL a coin left at the grave site of a U.S. veteran is meant as a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone has visited the grave to pay respect. Leaving a penny means you visited, a nickle means you trained at boot camp together and a dime means you served together in some capacity.
pV6e TIL no digital music service is generating a profit, mainly due to exorbitant US royalty rates
wojAY TIL In 1998, Hyundai founder Chung Ju-yung sent 1001 cattle as a symbol of positive progress from South Korea to North Korea as humanitarian aid during a famine to promote peace and strengthen economic cooperation between the two countries. Sadly, many of them didn't survive the first winter season.
4MLb TIL that in 2012, the advertising campaign for a UK energy drink called “Pussy” was banned as sexually explicit and offensive. Pussy energy drink ad slogan was: “The drink’s pure, it’s your mind that’s the problem.”