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TIL that Samoa has a long history of acceptance and celebration of transgender females who are integral to their society and known as Fa'afafine.

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QJNL TIL That Until the 1800s, Turkish women suspected of cheating were tied in a sack with cats and thrown into the ocean.
Rl41 TIL A few years ago, scientists in Indonesia discovered a new species of human that lived only 12,000 years ago, which would have been contemporary with modern humans, which stood only three feet tall.
LQ1QQ TIL that the US government no longer uses the term Unidentified Flying Object (UFO), the preferred term is Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) since UFOs are a source of ridicule due to their popular association with alien spacecraft
neBb TIL that Mariott started as a root beer stand.
yKjv TIL That Scientists have created cells out of metal, and they can evolve.