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TIL about Swyer syndrome where a born female appearing person can have both x and y chromosomes

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KYjGR TIL that Caravaggio was also a notorious criminal. He went to trial at least 11 times for things like writing libelous poems, throwing a plate of artichokes at a waiter and assaulting people with swords. He eventually fled Rome to escape punishment for killing a man and died in exile.
xVak5 TIL that despite looking nothing alike and having different accents, Christopher and Jonathan Nolan are biological brothers and also have an older brother in prison for murder.
OGLQY TIL Abracadabra is of unknown origin, the first known mention of the word was in the second century AD by a physician to the Roman emperor who prescribed that malaria sufferers should wear an amulet containing Abracadabra written in the form of a triangle.
5Bm9 TIL: The Raggedy-Ann doll, created is 1915, was used as a symbol for the anti-vaccination movement. TIL 2: There was an anti-vaccination movement in 1915.
gr1jb TIL: The male biological clock does exist... With Al Pacino expecting a child at 83, doctors warn of health risks for babies of older fathers