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TIL that human teeth are evolving to be smaller
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TIL that the Islamic Republic of Iran allows gender transition surgery and subsidizes it. This was introduced by the Islamic revolutionary Khomeini after he came to power. Today, many Europeans travel to Iran for gender confirmation and reassignment surgery.
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TIL that Stephen Hawking is the only person who has portrayed himself in Star Trek. Specifically, in a poker game between Hawking, Einstein, Newton, and Data.
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TIL: Tom Hanks originally wanted Dave Chappelle for the role of Bubba in the 1994 film Forrest Gump.
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TIL about the Osage Reign of Terror, a series of at least eighteen murders with the end goal of gaining the victims' oil rights through inheritance
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TIL: The Zika virus is the first insect-borne disease that has been shown to pass from human to human by sexual contact. Zika is normally transmitted by mosquitoes. It has symptoms similar to dengue fever.