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TIL that only 3 people have earned Academy Award nominations for best actor and best screenplay for the same film: Charlie Chaplin, Orson Wells, and… Sylvester Stallone

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LkkJP Lots of animals reproduce asexually. Why not humans?
j6wGQ TIL that the My Little Pony: Friendship/Fallout fusion fanfiction Fallout Equestria doesn't just have physical editions, but the third edition is in the catalog of the Library of Congress.
R5gVw TIL 8,000 Years Ago, 17 Women Reproduced for Every One Man | An analysis of modern DNA uncovers a rough dating scene after the advent of agriculture.
EWnW TIL that a feminist dressed up as a man for 18 months and discovered for herself that women have more privilege than men
kJAke TIL Krystyna Skarbek, sometimes referred to as "Greatest female spy of WWII" was the first female agent of the British to serve in the field and the longest-serving of all Britain's wartime women agents. Abandoned by the British after WW2 she had to fight for recognition and British citizenship.