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TIL the US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia when it transitioned from communism to capitalism was Shirley Temple.

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Z8JP4 TIL Marie Skłodowska Curie changed the world not once but twice. She founded the new science of radioactivity – even the word was invented by her – and her discoveries launched effective cures for cancer. She is the 1st woman to win a Nobel Prize, and 1st person to win a second Nobel prize.
j6LMp TIL: The Befana, is an Italian witch like woman who delivers gifts to children like Santa, but on Jan 5 with broomstick, gives garlic to bad children, and sweeps before she leaves. It was banned for a few years in 1977 to reduce holidays to help the economy.
9Z4r TIL .3% of women experience an orgasm when giving birth
161NV TIL During World War II The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League originated by MLB executives who started it in order to keep baseball in the public eye while the majority of able men were away
kJ6YE Til when Cleopatra and Julius Caesar met and subsequently became lovers, she was 21 and he was 52