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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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W7xro TIL in Italy there is a movement that has been compared to fairtrade, that markets brands and venues as anti mafia and not paying the extortion money, especially in areas hit hard by organized crime
pY5j8 TIL about Flaco, an owl that escaped from the Central Park zoo. The WSJ called him a peeping tom for frequently being caught looking in apartment windows throughout Manhattan. 1 year after escape he collided into a building, his necropsy revealed large traces of rat poison and pigeon herpesvirus.
EgdGo TIL Panther is not a single species but is a term that is most often used to describe a black jaguar or a black leopard.
epOb6 TIL the HMS Conqueror is to date the only nuclear-powered submarine to engage and sink an enemy ship (in 1982 Falklands War).
dllj TIL you only need 27% of the US population to vote for you to become president.