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

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jNXbM TIL about Deer Avenger, a game series from the 90s where you played as a deer who shoots hunters
8ka TIL there is an international treaty called the Convention on the Rights of the Child which says all children are born with fundamental rights and freedoms equal to that of all human beings. Only two governments have not signed: The United States and Somalia.
NWNe TIL that in 1991 World Table Tennis Championships North and South Korea participated as a unified team under the name “Korea” to beat the “unbeatable” Chinese team
1AJO TIL a man made a life vest to help his pet fish who could no longer swim.
1aPbO TIL that after Spartacus was defeated, Crassus, the commander of the Roman forces, crucified 6,000 of the surviving rebels and lined the road with them—a crucifixion every ~100 feet for over 100 miles.