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TIL that Dr James Barry the first surgeon to successfully perform a cesarean birth and advocate basic hygiene in medical settings, was born Margaret Ann Bulkley and only had the truth of his biological sex revealed after death

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epKjJ TIL during a backlash against relaxed 1960s attitudes to drugs and weed smoking backpackers on the hippie trail in Asia, anyone with sufficiently suspect attributes would have the letters SHIT (“suspected hippie in transit”) stamped in their passports in Malaysia before being deported.
KMRE TIL that in 2003, PETA wanted Hamburg to change its name to Veggieburg
7xMP TIL R Kelly’s had his first girlfriend at 8 years old. She was murdered by some other children when she was pushed into a creek and drowned. Her last words were his name.
womo8 TIL in addition to being energy efficient, modern streetlights are frequently wirelessly connected, letting municipalities/utility companies know when their lightbulbs might need to get replaced.
j6MPn TIL Herbie Hancock's 2007 Joni Mitchell tribute album titled River: The Joni Letters is one of only two jazz albums to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. The other album is Getz/Gilberto which featured American saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian guitarist João Gilberto.