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TIL identical twin boys were raised as a brother-sister pair (botched circumcision). The truth came when the one being raised as a girl INSISTED he was a boy; the parents admitted he was the subject of an experiment trying to prove gender identity was nurture, not nature. He later committed suicide.

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paE4 TIL the world’s largest parrot, the Kakapo, is the world’s only flightless parrot. It is nocturnal, herbivorous, and is one of the world’s longest-living birds with an average lifespan of 95 years. It is critically endangered. As of 2012, there were only 126 living individuals known.
GAGp1 TIL that the fear of long words is names hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
0w6KR TIL Kansas City, Missouri was founded in 1853, and twenty years later, Kansas City, Kansas copied the name. What both have in common is the barbecue
newnP TIL Octaviano Larrazolo of New Mexico became the first Hispanic elected to the U.S. Senate.As a politician,he pushed to boost Hispanic representation so that the political system would reflect the state's population.During this time he also helped write the Constitution for the state of New Mexico.
6JBl TIL that the US Government Gave Indiana University One Million Dollars to Study Memes