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TIL that India has the highest ratio of female airline pilots (12%) in the world.

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JrGk TIL two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, a task force rescued around 1400 frozen embryos stranded in a hospital without power. The embryos were considered to be people under Louisiana law.
69Q4J TIL that US Government employees are formally banned from napping at work
1aP1P TIL Bayer (The same one that makes Aspirin) discovered,produced, and sold Heroin in 1898.
GYxkG TIL about Batman vs. Elmer Fudd, a one-shot crossover that pits Batman against Elmer Fudd, reimagined here as a mob hitman.
QMrM TIL the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 is known as the most devastating epidemic in recorded world history and that it killed more people in 1 year than during the 4 years of the Black Plague. It was most deadly for people aged 20-40 and many died within hours of contracting the virus.