birds sometimes hatch and grow up with both male and female characteristics. this is called bilateral gynandromorphism.

there is a species of fish called the amazon molly that lives in rivers in southern texas and mexico that uses no male dna to produce offspring. all of the new fish that hatch are female.

a new spider species has a trait known as bilateral gynandromorphism. this means that each shares male and female characteristics. the species is called Damarchus inazuma.

percentage of americans that americans think...

... are transgender: 21%

actual percentage of americans who...

... are transgender: 1%

of u.s. citizens, transgender americans had the highest rates of long covid compared to other genders.

female spotted hyenas have a penis and testes, and are capable of 'fathering' pups with other females. moreover, their penises are typically larger than the males'.

fungi communicate electrically, and have a language of as many as 50 words. a single species can have as many as 28,000 different sexes.

women are about twice as likely as men to have received food stamps at some point in their lives.

the idea of a 'soul mate' comes from greek mythology. it posits that human beings originally had 2 heads and 8 limbs until zeus split us in half, cruising us to spend our loves looking for our 'better half'.

the first female member of congress was jeannette rankin. she was elected in 1916, 4 years before the 19th amendment - which gave white women the vote - was ratified.

james barry was the first doctor in england to successfully perform a cesarean section, and eventually became inspector general of the british army. what no one knew until 100 years later was that barry was a woman named margaret ann bulkley, who lived as a man for 56 years (until she died) and was the first woman to graduate from a british medical college. we didn't know until 100 years later because the british army kept it a secret.

a relatively recently evolved species of lizard, lacerta rostombekovi, is made up entirely of females who reproduce asexually. they are essentially clones, in that every lizard has identical genetics.

female spotted hyenas have a penis, but no testicles.

to point out a gender-based double standard, an australian news anchor named karl stefanovic wore the same suit on the air every day for a year.

no one noticed.

no triggerfish are born male. instead, the most masculine females metamorphose into males upon reaching adulthood, and any remaining females in their vicinity become their harem.

at the time of this writing, there are about 700,000 transgender people in the u.s. 41% of them have contemplated suicide. about 15,000 currently serve in the u.s. military.

several different species on earth have more - or less - than the traditional 2 genders mentioned in the story of noah. ants, for example, have 3 (queens, workers, and drones). prokaryotes have 6, some slime molds have 13, and schizophyllum have as many as 28,000.

don't even get me started talking about plants...

according to 63 different studies stretching back decades, it was found that more religious people tend to be less intelligent than atheists in 53 out of 63 of the studies. beginning in childhood and extending into extreme old age, people with above average intelligence were found to be much less likely to believe in god, regardless of their gender or education.