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TIL of Guevedoces, people who exist only in a small community in the Dominican Republic. They are boys who are born without male sex organs, looking mostly identical to girls until puberty when their male sex organs grow in.

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x6LDB TIL about Strom Thurmond filibuster. On 28 August 1957, US Senator Strom Thurmond conducted the longest speaking filibuster ever by a lone senator, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The filibuster failed to prevent the passage of the bill
QOrp TIL that doctors in British Columbia are forbidden from talking about hockey during surgery.
QNXLk TIL that Blue Olives exist. How is it that no one considers these when searching for rare blue fruits? These put blueberries to shame in terms of colour.
nWywY TIL the emergency number in Mozambique is 119, or in other words: 911 backwards.
7AdX TIL for their 2011 tour, The Foo Fighters submitted their tour rider, or performance agreements, as a 50 page coloring book complete with a word search and maze.