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TIL that percent of women receiving computer science degrees in the United States has dropped by half since the 1980s.

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VB1mD TIL that ginkgo trees are a symbol of hope and tenacity in Japan, as they were one of the few living things to survive the nuclear bomb at Hiroshima.
d7E9 TIL high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
Zpl0G TIL On average, people who have been incarcerated are at twice the risk of death by suicide — even years after their release — compared to those never imprisoned.
4mb6 TIL that 99 percent of Sweden’s garbage is now recycled and that they import waste from UK, Italy, Norway, and Ireland for its 32 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants.
16RoO TIL Kitum Cave, Kenya, believed to be the source of Ebola and Marburg, two of the deadliest diseases known to man. An expedition was staged by the US military in the 1990s in an attempt to identify the vector species presumably residing in the cave. It is one of the most dangerous places on Earth