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TIL there is a Hindu Patron God of Transgenders

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9XvD TIL NASA requires all astronauts to learn Russian language.
6rlw TIL that Art Garfunkel likes really long walks. So much so that from 1983 to 1997, he walked from NYC to the Pacific Coast of Washington State with 40 different short breaks. In 1998, he began a walk across Europe which he completed in 2011 with Northern Greece.
wmj6 TIL lego used to give away a 14 karat gold lego brick to long serving employees in the 80s
gr5k7 TIL about Obelisk, a Queen's Guard horse, who used to lure pigeons to him by dropping oats from his mouth. When they came close, he would stomp them to death. He was eventually taken for additional 'psychological training'.
E1vjV TIL American UFOlogist John Keel popularized the term "men In black" in 1967. He also used the term "ultraterrestrials" to describe UFO occupants he believed to be non-human entities capable of taking on whatever form they want