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TIL Christine Jorgensen, a former Army private from the Bronx, was an American trans woman who was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.

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N70VM TIL the idea for YouTube arose when one of its founders wanted to see the clip of Janet Jackson's nipple being exposed at the SuperBowl and realized how hard it was to find clips online
wme6 Today I learned that there is a movement to reclaim the Swastika for it’s ancient roots (use before it was adopted by the Nazi party)
PY8mZ TIL of Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA plan to overthrow Iran's democratically elected government, which included CIA agents bombing the house of a prominent Muslim while posed as pro-government supporters. The overthrow plan was successful, with 200-300 people killed
Xw6P TIL American soldiers and Boy Scouts regularly burn the US Flag, as the most dignified way to dispose of it when the flag has been damaged/become unfit to represent the United States.
x6y0g TIL the largest episode of anti-Asian violence in North America took place not in the United States, but in the city of Torreón, Mexico in 1911 when over 300 Mexican citizens of Chinese/Japanese descent were slaughtered by a local mob.