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TIL the Wachowskis Brothers (directors of the Matrix) have BOTH transitioned to female

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VMKwZ TIL that before 1954, stop signs used to be yellow with black lettering. This was because there was no red dye that would not fade over time. However, by 1954, sign makers began using a fade-resistant porcelain enamel, and it was declared that stop signs would be red with white lettering.
R7YP1 TIL about the blue men of the desert, the Touareg people. Their indigo colored clothing stains their skin blue and the women in their matrilineal society enjoy a high status
Zp8G4 TIL Cleopatra was the only Ptolemaic ruler to learn to read, write, and converse in Egyptian. She could also speak 7 languages.
4GkN TIL that in Japan, a diver named Hiroyuki Arakawa and a sheepshead wrasse named Yoriko have been friends for over 25 years.
GYdXj TIL Insurance companies invented the “Fire Brigade” it was only later the government saw the need for the service to be available to everyone that they created the government run Fire Department around the American Civil War era.