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TIL that in the 1950s and 60s, women in Afghanistan studied to be doctors - Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan… | Foreign Policy

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X0MxE TIL The biologist that made the term "Alpha Wolf" popular has since corrected his stance. Stating that most wolves who lead packs achieved their position by simply mating and creating their own pack.
G6KJ TIL A Chemistry Ph.D. student turned her thesis into a comic so that her friends and family could understand it better.
BbnK TIL Ellen and William Craft escaped slavery in the American south. Ellen could pass for white so she pretended to be a white male slave owner on a trip with her black slave William. They traveled first class all the way.
RVYw TIL the first time Vince Vaughn and Jimmy Fallon met, they kicked in a bathroom stall door because they thought it might be Will Ferrell… It was not.
yVr9w TIL that asthma is the most common chronic illness among Olympians.