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

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b9l1Q TIL of the 1948 Donora Death Fog, where a thick toxic smog sickened 7000 people and killed 20 in Donora, PA. The smog originated from a U.S. Steel plant, but they never accepted responsibility.
oRB8A TIL about the 1642 execution of George Spencer in Connecticut. He was accused of beastiality after a sow had birthed a deformed one eyed piglet.
9Yerm TIL students at Saint Andrews University in Scotland have a tradition of stripping off their clothes and running into the freezing sea
LkeWv TIL Nicolas Flamel was a real guy, not just a Harry Potter character.
kJBpB TIL Stonehenge was once owned by a man named Cecil Chubb. Who bought it for £6,600 in 1916. Roughly about half a million pounds back then. He gifted it back to the UK shortly after.