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TIL that Ruth Lawrence, a child prodigy, passed the Oxford University maths exam at age 10, coming first out of all 530 candidates, she then completed the degree a year early by age 13.

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6nXY TIL that in some remote parts of the Balkans there is a practice where a woman could choose to live as a man and take on the role of patriarch if her family had no male heirs, as long as she makes a vow of chastity
JMym TIL the Great Mosque of Paris sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and supplied them with Muslim identity certificates
oBavK TIL that Prudence Crandall, born on September 3, 1803, was an American schoolteacher and activist who is credited with running the first integrated school in the United States as well as running the first school for black girls in America.
xBLk TIL according to OkCupid, by age 30 the average iPhone user will have about 10 to 12 sexual partners… while the average Android user will have about 6
mx0DM TIL Usain Bolt suffered from scoliosis when he was younger and has an asymmetrical stride when he runs because his legs are slightly different lengths. Researchers aren’t sure if this lack of symmetry is a personal mechanical optimization by Bolt that makes him the fastest human or not.