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TIL kelp is not a plant. It's a multicellular protist!

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5YKGp TIL of Xie Jianshun, a Taiwanese soldier who was discovered to be intersex. When the doctors examined him they concluded that his male gonad tissue was deteriorating and decided it was for the best that he undergo sex reasignment surgery. The transition was then imposed on Xie against his wishes.
GBj1 TIL that some modern humane livestock handling systems were designed by Temple Grandin, an Autistic woman who didn’t even talk until she was nearly 4
EGxd TIL the nuclear nightmare scene in Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) was considered “the most accurate depiction of a nuclear blast ever created for a fictional motion picture” by members of U.S. federal nuclear testing labs.
OgNL TIL In the 1950s Mickey Mouse sold speed to Africa
8ZjK TIL The founder of the American Nazi party was murdered outside a laundromat by one of his own supporters.