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TIL in 1996, a patient with gender dysphoria was successfully treated using pimozide

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5Y66k TIL a Harvard research showed that having no friends is as deadly as smoking. Researchers have discovered a link between loneliness and the levels of blood-protein which can cause heart attacks and strokes
mxDny TIL Las Fallas is an annual Festival in Valencia, Spain. The monuments that are built represent satiric scenes in order to criticise popular aspects of the society such as politics and the current social situation. The Fallas then are burnt at the final event called "la cremá"
d6Ej TIL falcon breeders often let the male birds copulate with their heads, while the breeder wears a special semen-collecting hat. The breeder then courts a female bird of the same species and squirts the collected semen into her using a syringe. All this due to a process known as sexual imprinting.
5YvvP TIL of Sundown towns, also known as sunset towns or gray towns, are all-white municipalities or neighborhoods in the United States that practice a form of segregation by excluding non-whites via some combination of discriminatory local laws, intimidation, and violence.
XjP8 TIL Tin foil hats actually boost receptivity to government signals