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TIL there is a Hindu Patron God of Transgenders

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Y7nmA TIL The US military once accidentally killed over 6,000 sheep with nerve gas when a weapons test went wrong
Br58k TIL that the Amondawa language has no word for "time", or time periods such as "month" or "year". The people do not refer to their ages, but rather assume different names in different stages of their lives or as they achieve different status within the community.
b9xg4 TIL It is a common misconception that we lose most heat from our heads. If you immerse your head in cold water, it adds around 10% to overall heat loss. This is not excessive given that the head accounts for 7-9% of the body's surface area.
GlN5 TIL that wild bananas have seeds, and the ones we commonly find in supermarkets are sterile clones of a mutant banana plant found in 1836.
YbgB TIL: Alan Freed, the man best known for coining the term “Rock and Roll” hosted a televised music show on ABC that was abruptly cancelled after the fourth episode, because it featured Frankie Lymon, a black singer, dancing with a white woman.