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TIL Hinduism embraces homosexuality and supports the idea of a “third gender.” These people are revered and regarded as semi-divine.

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9aZG TIL in 2012, a sanctioned penetration test used an attractive woman’s picture on facebook and LinkedIn to compromise the CIA at the highest levels.
oB5K TIL In 2001, a surgeon was in a situation, due to some admitted level of incompetence, that required him to improvise and place a portion of surgical grade stainless steel screwdriver into a patient’s spine. He and his hospital were later sued for $5.6 million. He tells his side of the story here.
O0X7 TIL that a person infected with HIV came from Haiti to America around 1969. Today, almost everybody with HIV in Europe, America, Japan and Australia can have their virus traced back to that same individual.
w9K8 TIL that internet is really scarce in Cuba and people gather at designated public places to access it
m1pVx TIL that before the California Gold Rush, there was one in North Carolina in 1799! A 12-year-old named Conrad Reed found a 17-pound gold nugget while playing in a creek and used it as a doorstop for three years. When his family realized its value, they started the first gold rush in America!