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TIL that the core of the Earth is about 2.5 years younger than the crust. This is due to gravitational time dilation, a consequence of General Relativity

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v1kQB TIL that the first countries to elect females as the head of government were in Asia - Sri Lanka in 1960, India in 1966, and Israel in 1969. The first European country to elect a female head of government was the United Kingdom, in 1979