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TIL when gender references were removed from CVs even less women were chosen (2.9% less) than if the employer saw the genders of applicants.

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yQNAl TIL of a train robber named Frank Grigware who escaped Leavenworth prison in 1910. He went on and became a mayor of a small town in Alberta, Canada. Later when he was found by the Canadian police and FBI, his charges were dropped due to doubts of his original conviction.
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