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

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W61B TIL After the Battle of Waterloo, Nathan Rothschild received the news that the British won against Napoleon 1 day before the British. He cornered the market on bonds and they day the news was divulged, he sold all the bonds he bought to make over a 40% profit making him the richest man in England.
6EkO8 TIL that famous 18th century novelist Laurence Sterne's body was stolen from his grave and a surgeon used it as part of an anatomy lecture until somebody recognized him, and he was reburied.
L8JV TIL Bob Barker, former host of ‘The Price is Right’ once spent $700k to move three elephants to a more comfortable climate
awgxy TIL that the tatoo artist who inked WWE star Randy Orton filed a civil lawsuit claiming she owns the tattoo designs and WWE is infringing on her rights by using them in their Video Games.
6E5Jm TIL on April 19th, 1943, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann made his legendary bicycle ride home from his lab in Basel shortly after ingesting 250 micrograms of LSD, making this the first ever acid trip