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TIL that 94% of women executives responsible for running an organization are former athletes

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GYJxN TIL In 1964, 3 amateur jewel thieves stole $400,000 worth of jewels from the American Museum of Natural History. Using a glass cutter, duct tape, and a squeegee, they were able to take the world's largest sapphire, the world's most perfect ruby, and the largest black sapphire
BYkb TIL that Space temperature can never get lower than a minimum of just 2.7 Kelvin or -270.45 Celsius, the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which permeates the entire Universe.
m145x TIL The discovery of a mummy in a golden coffin in Pakistan in 2000 caused a diplomatic incident between Iran, Pakistan and the taliban who claimed ownership of "the persian princess". A Pakistani scientist determined that the woman died getting hit by a car and a rug in her coffin was made in 1996
5gZQ TIL that in 1863, Jules Verne wrote “Paris in the 20th Century,” a manuscript which predicted everything from glass skyscrapers to feminism to a statistical rise in illegitimate births; his publisher advised him against publishing it as it “broke no new ground” and was “unbelievable”
VBEd8 TIL that Uranium, over the course of it's full life, will eventually decay into Lead!