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TIL of Chevalier d'Éon - a French spy, dragoon and ambassador who had lived life both as man and woman. Their autopsy indicated they were intersex, and presented masculine in their early life for sake of inheritance.

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gMPxy TIL Larry Fine of the Three Stooges burned his arm with acid as a child. His parents gave him violin lessons to strengthen the damaged nerves. He became so proficient on the violin that his parents planned to send him to a European music conservatory but the plan was thwarted by World War I.
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