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TIL in 2008, Brazil made sex change surgeries free under their public health care system, ruling that sexual reassignment surgery was covered under a constitutional clause guaranteeing medical care as a basic right.

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gM8nD TIL The Romans used to send each other little postcards made of a thin layer of flexible wood written on in ink and then folded in two. About 400 tablets (in fragments) were found near where Hadrian's wall would be built. They tell us a great deal about the nature of life on the Roman frontier.
pLeZ TIL The Sopranos was denied a permit to film in a New Jersey state park by a county commissioner who called the show a “disgrace to Italians” and was later removed under corruption charges
QJMN9 TIL Asian elephants are more closely related to Wooly Mammoths than they are to African Elephants
v1kp8 TIL, 11 GM buses were used for filming the 1994 film Speed. While the ramp gap jump was filmed in one take, some other buses had the front cut off for filming of inside shots of the bus. These scenes took place on California freeways.
Ypv47 TIL 442nd Infantry Regiment which comprised of 2nd Gen Japanese Americans is the most decorated unit in US military history.