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TIL when Google was losing a lot of female employees because they weren’t coming back to work after giving birth, Google lengthened maternity leave to 5 months from 3, and changed it from partial pay to full pay, and the amount of women who didn’t come back after maternity leave dropped by 50%.

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X6lR TIL-The Declaration of Independence spent World War II in Fort Knox placed in a box and sealed with lead.
7r07 TIL nearly 60% of American college students are female; every state but Utah has more women than men in college
DQ1yD TIL that humans first reached Australia around 65,000 Years ago.
VMD94 TIL that the tune of the US National anthem is a British drinking song.
5YjkD TIL of John Shaw, an outlaw who ordered a drink in a Winslow, AZ saloon then robbed the place. He was later caught and killed but since he never finished the drink his friends dug him up, poured whiskey down his throat and took photos.