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TIL that 70% of Iran’s science and engineering students are not men, but women.

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b6PQZ TIL that Catherine Parr was 31 years old and twice widowed when she married 52-year-old King Henry VIII in 1543. Three years later, she became a widow for the third time. A few years after Henry’s death, she married Thomas Seymour, the brother of Henry’s third wife.
LkmQm TIL A Group of Owls Is Called A Parliament
6EwvX TIL that caffeine is used in certain shampoos to prevent hair loss. It's becoming more and more popular as time progresses.
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W7xQY TIL that Jackie Coogan, famous for portraying Fester Addams in the original Addams Family TV show was also one of Hollywood's first ever child stars and played none other than the kid in Charlie Chaplin’s titular silent movie