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TIL that sex verification in elite sports was tried via chromosomal testing. It was abandoned by the IOC in 1999 after athletes' chromosome results not aligning with their assigned sex.

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e0kj6 TIL the oldest monument in Paris is over 3,000 years old. The Ottoman ruler of Egypt gave a 75 ft, 250 ton ancient Egyptian obelisk to France in exchange for a mechanical clock in 1833. The obelisk was placed in the center of the Place de la Concorde where it stands today.
R7XZ8 TIL that the reason many Hanna Barbera characters had collars and ties was to save money on animation. Separating the head and body allows the body to remain static while the head is animated. This made it so a seven minute cartoon only required around 2,000 drawings, as opposed to the usual 14,000
rNW9W TIL Edward Dando once ate 300 oysters with a loaf and a half of bread and butter in one sitting
WkWWL TIL Broadway actually continues North of Manhattan, and is a total of 33 miles long.
BEJb TIL Portugal decriminalized all drugs eleven years ago and the number of addicts has been halved since then.