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Did you know?#fact1	The term otherkin was first coined on The Elfinkind Digest by Torin in 1990?
Did you know?#fact10	Starseeds and earth angels/elementals are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the new age movement, independent of the otherkin community?
Did you know?#fact11	The first howl in the therian community (Harvest Howl) was held in November 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by Smash Greywolf for members of the Alt.Horror.Werewolves Usenet group?
Did you know?#fact12	A windigo named James Harrion III suggested the term therianthropes for therians on Alt.Horror.Werewolves in December 1994 as a more general term than lycanthropes?
Did you know?#fact13	The first discussion group for real vampires online was the alt.culture.vampires Usenet group, a spin-off group from alt.vampyres, which was created on February 9, 1998?
Did you know?#fact14	The Meowers were the first trolls to target a nonhuman community (Alt.Horror.Werewolves) in an organized fashion, even though some of the Meowers were otherkin themselves?
Did you know?#fact15	The first book to deal extensively with otherkin, using that exact term, was The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic by Willow Polson, published on March 3, 2003?
Did you know?#fact2	The online therian community started out on Alt.Horror.Werewolves on Usenet?
Did you know?#fact3	An angel otherkin, MemoryandDream - owner and founder of Embracing Mystery and Drink Deeply and Dream - started the I Am Obamacare meme?
Did you know?#fact4	There is a largely separate Draconity community for dragon otherkin, which started out on Alt.Fan.Dragons on Usenet?
Did you know?#fact5	The Elf Queen's Daughters were a group of self-identified elves in 1973, 17 years before the otherkin community came into existence?
Did you know?#fact6	Real vampires were once termed human living vampires?
Did you know?#fact7	The Elfinkind Digest was the mailing list that started the online otherkin community?
Did you know?#fact8	The otherkin, therian and real vampire communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
Did you know?#fact9	The otherkin and multiplicity communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of multiple systems having nonhuman members?

• The term otherkin was first coined on The Elfinkind Digest by Torin in 1990?
• The online therian community started out on Alt.Horror.Werewolves on Usenet?
• An angel otherkin, MemoryandDream - owner and founder of Embracing Mystery and Drink Deeply and Dream - started the I Am Obamacare meme?
• There is a largely separate Draconity community for dragon otherkin, which started out on Alt.Fan.Dragons on Usenet?
• The Elf Queen's Daughters were a group of self-identified elves in 1973, 17 years before the otherkin community came into existence?
• Real vampires were once termed human living vampires?
• The Elfinkind Digest is the mailing list that started the online otherkin community?
• The otherkin, therian and real vampire communities evolved separately with some limited overlap in membership, and are still largely separate despite increasing overlap?
• The otherkin and multiplicity communities have historically had a great deal of overlap due to the frequency of multiple systems having nonhuman members?
• Starseeds and earth angels/elementals are two nonhuman communities which developed as part of the new age movement, independent of the otherkin community?
• The first howl in the therian community (Harvest Howl) was held in November 1994 in Ohio, and was organized by Smash Greywolf for members of the Alt.Horror.Werewolves Usenet group?
• A windigo named James Harrion III suggested the term therianthropes for therians on Alt.Horror.Werewolves in December 1994 as a more general term than lycanthropes?
• The first discussion group for real vampires online was the alt.culture.vampires Usenet group, a spin-off group from alt.vampyres, which was created on February 9, 1998?
• The Meowers were the first trolls to target a nonhuman community (Alt.Horror.Werewolves) in an organized fashion, even though some of the Meowers were otherkin themselves?
• The first book to deal extensively with otherkin, using that exact term, was The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic by Willow Polson, published on March 3, 2003?