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TIL that after a botched circumcision, a boy was raised as a ‘girl’ to prove that gender identity is not inborn. The results of the experiment where catastrophic.

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1nkr TIL Director Richard Kelly sought permission from Smurfs creator Peyo for the scene in which Donnie Darko and his friends discuss the Smurfs’ sexuality. The estate allowed the scene because despite being graphic, it was accurate to the Smurfs mythology.
xw4b TIL that Chicago Tribune staff accidentally discovered never seen before photos of the steamship Eastland that capsized in 1915 (3 years after Titanic disaster) off the coast of Chicago due to being top heavy and causing the ghastly death of 844 passengers
ANYdg TIL Hans Zimmer composed the Skylanders theme
699ol TIL that elephants can become delinquents without a father figure: a group of teenage male elephants who grew up without one killed over 50 rhinos in a South African national park before older males were introduced.
LQMor TIL that Bobby Kennedy stuck pins into an LBJ Voodoo Doll he was gifted at a party