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TIL people in Churchhill, Manitoba(Canada), never lock their car doors in case anyone has to escape polar bears.

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EQk7 TIL that Lawrence Summers used to be the President of Harvard, but was forced to resign following comments he made suggesting that discrimination might not be the main reason men outnumber women in tenured STEM positions at top universities.
WklBY TIL Empress Catherine the Great had an intimate relationship with philosopher Dennis Diderot. They had daily meetings talking politics and philosophy during which Diderot would make his points by slapping the monarch's thighs. She emerged from their meeting with her thighs "bruised and quite black"
dD7Lr TIL while bat sleeps head down, they still flip around, head up to pee.
AN0xw TIL about the sultanate of women. A period in ottoman history that lasted for a century where the wives and mothers of the sultans held incredible political power that was started by hurrem sultan, the wife of suleiman the magnificent.
aw9aL TIL that one of Steven Spielberg's first movies cost $500 to make and was shown at a local cinema. 500 people came to the movie and it is thought that one accidentally paid 2 dollars (tickets cost 1 dollar), gaining Spielberg a total of $1 dollar from the film.