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TIL that transgender females can fight naturally-born women in mixed martial arts competitions

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rRPko TIL that one Thomas Morgan Robertson 1. Turned a Scientist into a pop star 2. Produced Prefab Sprout's early works 3. Composed the synth intro to Foreigner's 'Waiting for a girl like you' and 4. Founded a software company that created the classic Nokia tune. His stage name?..Thomas Dolby
gMOgX TIL Nike wanted to call their first shoe design 'Aztec', but Addidas threatened to sue since they already had a line called 'Aztec Gold'. The Nike cofounders then decided to change the name to 'Cortez' after the general who "kicked the shit out of the Aztecs".
BgKWK TIL: Colombia (country) announced in Dec that it will attempt to retrieve treasures from the 1708 shipwreck of San José which contains billions of dollars worth of gold, silver, emeralds, etc despite the ongoing legal battle between the US, Spain, and Columbia over who owns it.
goEA TIL that the movie “Escape from Tomorrow” was filmed in its entirety in Disney World, without Disney knowing about it. The actors read their scripts off of cell phones to keep themselves hidden.
GGQJ TIL that Aztec king Montezuma II consumed up to 50 pitchers of liquid chocolate a day.