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TIL there is a Hindu Patron God of Transgenders

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M7wJ7 TIL that before Steely Dan became Steely Dan, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen played in a band with Chevy Chase during their time together at Bard College.
9w5Rr TIL that in Spain, there is only one town whose name begins with the letter W, being the town of Wamba (Vamba), named in honor of the Gothic king of the same name postumatically.
l7pG7 TIL that what we refer to as “The Star-Spangled Banner” is actually only one of four stanzas of the poem it was derived from.
jjVQ TIL that NASA scientists have discovered a way of creating a “Warp Drive” that may one day lead to faster than light space travel…
5VVjk TIL of Sijctghen, a 17th-century duck who laid over 100 eggs a year. In 1647, the Dutch Golden Age artist Aelbert Cuyp was commissioned to paint her portrait. Sijctghen died in October 1650, at the age of 23.