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TIL girls can get so stressed it actually stops our ovulation and we skip a period.

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Vxg8 TIL of Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome—where a person with XY chromosomes externally develops to be identical to XX girls/women. A vagina is present but no uterus. It’s often undetected until a lack of 1st menstruation is noted. Most identify as women & grow up to be attracted to men.[NSFW]
0dprM TIL what grep stands for (“Globally search for a Regular Expression and Print it”)
R7OKQ TIL Cleopatra married both her 12 year old brother and Julius Caesar because Egypt allowed polygamy.
Geng TIL in 1996 Brian Zembic agreed to receive breast implants and keep them for one year in return for US$100,000. He won the bet but became accustomed to the breasts and did not have them removed.
bNP0 TIL the Aston Martin Vulcan can produce more than it’s own body weight in downforce, theoretically allowing it to drive upside down on a ceiling