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TIL a transgender person living as a woman for more than 20 years was arrested for indecent exposure because her breasts were visible through a sheer top and then after a nurse examined her genitals, the state decided that she was technically male and put her in the men’s prison ward.

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Y8eG TIL The Greek language has 4 words for love. Agápe: Charitable love; Éros: Sexual love; Philia: Love between friends; and Storge: Family love
6Evp7 TIL that mutton was a common dish in America until WW2, and its decline came after GIs, having been fed with canned mutton on the front, returned home and never wanted to see mutton again.
BGGr TIL there is a golf course in Australia with full-grown bull sharks living in the water hazards
Dkej TIL 2 Virginia Firefighters were suspended after transporting an 18-month-old girl to a hospital in their fire engine, a policy breach that ultimately saved the girl’s life.
EML0 TIL that “God Bless the U.S.A. (Proud to be an American)” singer, Lee Greenwood once refused to play and walked out on a concert honoring Veterans, and other servicemen, because the final $2000 agreed upon in his contract wasn’t paid by cashiers check.