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TIL Oreos are ‘accidentally vegan’

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4kggw TIL that percent of women receiving computer science degrees in the United States has dropped by half since the 1980s.
5b7B TIL a female minor league pitcher struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gerhig back-to-back in 1928. Her contract was voided; in 1952 MLB officially banned women, which was not rescinded until 1992.
bGxQ TIL that Macklemore changes the number of lives he has seen Oxycontin take when performing Otherside live whenever he loses a friend to the drug. He’s gone from 3 to 6.
vxjD TIL in 2005, all 5 most senior positions of state in New Zealand were simultaneously held by women: the Queen, the Governor General, the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliamant, the Chief Justice.
4bkg TIL In 1854, cholera broke out in London. Using spot maps, it was shown that the majority of cases occurred where the water pump in Broad Street was closest. However, monks within that area didn’t get cholera. Investigation showed that this was because they only drank beer, not water.