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TIL that Iran's government subsides gender reassignment surgery and considers sex change surgery to be acceptable

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8a0AP TIL: Grand Theft Auto V is the highest grossing media title of all time. The game made more money than any movie, album, or video game. It made twice as much money as the highest grossing film of all time.
gMoYA TIL that French grammarian Dominique Bouhours's last words were "I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct."
jNv4R TIL about Liliana Cáceres, the Colombian who in 1997 faked a multiple pregnancy of nine by stuffing her clothes with rags. This was her plot to prevent her boyfriend from leaving her. The woman drew the attention of her community and news outlets before discovering that it was all a lie.
woZvM TIL Fireflies produce light in special organs in their abdomens by combining a chemical called luciferin, enzymes called luciferases, oxygen and the fuel for cellular work, ATP. Entomologists think they control their flashing by regulating how much oxygen goes to their light-producing organs.
gMOMD TIL in the half-century between April 1964 and April 2013, only one issue of Mad magazine was published which didn't contain new material by cartoonist Al Jaffee.