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TIL in Afghanistan there are girls who dress and live as boys (going to school, etc.) until marrying age, then get treated fully as girls.

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5Ydo9 TIL Gwen Stefani wrote "Hollaback Girl" in response to Courtney Love calling her a cheerleader in an interview
x6vrw TIL the "Teddy Bear" was inspired by a political cartoon about U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt's refusal to kill a defenseless bear because it was "unsportsmanlike" during an unsuccessful hunting trip in 1902.
GYggJ TIL Human saliva contains a chemical compound called Opiorphin, a painkiller six times more powerful than Morphine.
g0D4 TIL Pablo Escobar served time in his own self-built prison, complete with waterbeds, entertainment systems and a spectacular view of Medellín, all protected by his personally selected prison guards.
V0mG TIL A short film was made in 1976 where a man drives 85 mph through Paris while ignoring red lights, driving the wrong way on one-way streets, and driving on the sidewalk to avoid a rubbish truck to get to his date. The director was rumored to be arrested on it’s first screening.