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TIL Spain’s first documented serial killer, Manuel Romasanta, was raised a GIRL till he was SIX because his parents though he was a female.

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woVLM TIL of Ong's Hat; One of the earliest Internet-based secret history conspiracy theories
PYo8L TIL Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to be accepted at a medical school in the US, because the students thought her application was a prank from a rival school and voted to let her attend.
oRWJ7 TIL blue eyes are blue due to a lack of melanin which lets more light scatter making them appear blue in the same way that it makes the sky appear blue
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