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TIL a boy named David Reimer had his penis burnt off during circumcision, and he was then sexually reassigned as a female by a psychologist who also forced him and his twin brother to rehearse sexual acts.

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QJepX TIL that Angela Morley, the first openly transgender woman to be nominated for an Academy Award, was John Williams’ primary orchestrator throughout the 1970s and 1980s. She helped write and arrange the scores for Star Wars, ET, The Empire Strikes Back, Home Alone, Superman, and Schindler’s List.
R7Gl9 TIL of the FBI investigation into SAC capital - a hedge fund accused of using insider information in the largest such fraud to date.
oXlL TIL ukuleles weren’t introduced to Hawaii until the late 1800s. They were quickly popularized because the king at the time thought they were really neat.
9YKR7 TIL, Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors set an NBA record of 14 three-pointers while only dribbling the ball FIVE...TIMES...
N7j6E TIL a number of NFL players have gotten a fatal neurodegenerative disease called ALS. Including Waters, Hazeltine, and Lewis who were all on the San Francisco 49ers roster in 1963 or 1964.