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TIL that in Germany, Denmark and Finland (amongst others), your baby's name must indicate the gender. So if you wanted to name your beautiful baby girl Gary, for example, they'd refuse.

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Wprd TIL a princess of Thailand married an American man she met in MIT. She relinquished her royal titles to do so, and they had 3 children together.
pY6jp TIL that Ozzy Osbourne is a genetic mutant. The musician has several gene variants that "we've never seen before," said geneticist Nathaniel Pearson, who sequenced the rocker's genome, including variants that could impact how Osbourne's body absorbs methamphetamines and other recreational drugs.
wLw11 TIL about Joseph Pujol, professional farter and highest paid performer at the Moulin Rouge. For his grande finale he would play “La Marseillaise” through his anus and then blow out candles from yards away. Corseted women in the audience were known to pass out from laughter.
GAJ1 TIL Five Guys Burgers and Fries doesn’t advertise, relying only on word of mouth to spread word about their restaurants, despite having over 1,000 locations.
wL7JP TIL Miami Planetarium director and PBS Star Jack Horkheimer was born with bronchiectasis, a chronic lung condition. As a young adult, he received so many chest X-rays, he suffered radiation sickness and lost all of his hair.