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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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Wg7B TIL Scientists in the South Pole have a tradition of sitting in a sauna and then running outside naked to the ceremonial pole and back. They can go from a 200° F sauna to -100° F outside. They have to do it fast enough before frostbite on essential reproductory equipment. Not all are successful.
E1m70 TIL that Somali Piracy began as a response to illegal fishing which depleted local fish stocks
eBy4 TIL when Pope John XXIII was once asked, “How many people work in the Vatican?” John replied, “About half.”
KAXG TIL that Rob Schneider sent Roger Ebert flowers after the critic had undergone major surgery despite the critic having stating “Your movie sucks” as a review for “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo”.
epP66 TIL that until 2022, the Japanese public school system’s dress code required students dye their hair black. One student was forced to dye her naturally brown hair black, and was told to re-dye it every time her roots grew back. She was given academic penalties for not dyeing it often enough.