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TIL Dutch women rank consistently low, compared to those in other Western countries, in terms of representation in top positions in business and government—and rank consistently near the top in terms of happiness and well-being.

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9YbDB TIL the parachute was invented hundreds of years before the airplane, with some early parachute concepts dating all the way back to 1470
d84l8 TIL Before 1972 it was a felony for unmarried people to possess contraception such as birth control or condoms in the United States.
neRad TIL Some people can smell ants and ant colonies and say they have a unique smell
eyy6 TIL that Iranian government has more American PhD degree holder in ministerial/cabinet position than the United States government.
R7vgj TIL the Quartering Act of 1765 did not force colonists host British troops in their homes as commonly believed. Rather, it called for construction of barracks, and if no room, housing was extended to “inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine.”