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TIL Iran has the highest female to male ratio in universities among all sovereign nations. More than 70% of students in engineering and pure sciences are women.

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8adaX TIL because Tarzan wears only a loincloth, the Disney animators working on the character had to study animal and human musculature to animate him, making him the first Disney character to actually be animated with working muscles.
jN0ap TIL that during WW2, a unit of the US Army called the 442nd Battalion(a unit made up almost entirely of Japanese Americans) scaled a <1000 foot cliff in complete darkness to launch a surprise attack on the Germans and break the Gothic Line.
4dE5 TIL That the Harlem Globetrotters are not actually from Harlem, they’re from Phoenix, Arizona. The team added the title “Harlem” in order to obviate fans attending games being surprised to see black men on the court.
nEa7 TIL There is a large thunderstorm named Hector that forms almost everyday in the same spot.
5YkLR TIL hospital patients recover quicker when they are able to see a park/vegetation from their window