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TIL, in girls 14-19, HPV rates have plummeted by 56% since the vaccine was introduced

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MeYw0 TIL that there's a town in the Dominican republic which for some time has had a regular population of children who appear female throughout childhood, but develop male organs during puberty. They call these boys "guevedoces" which is slang for "eggs (testes) at twelve".
VBXV0 TIL the Guanches were the indigenous inhabitants of the Canary Islands. They resisted conquest by Spain for over 90 years before Tenerife was finally conquered in 1496
0wxEj TIL that in her wedding in 1981 Princess Diana deviated from tradition and omitted the line in which she promised to "obey" Prince Charles.
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OYea TIL the first serial killer in Jamica lived in a castle and hunted people for sport.