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TIL: A 2018 study in the UK found that 70% of women in workplaces were bullied by other women known as "Queen Bees". They are women with aggressive behaviors such as gossiping, exclusion, and stealing friends/partners to get ahead. One consultant describes them as adult "Mean Girls".

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J1aZV TIL that the Great Barrier Reef is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from outer space. It is home to thousands of species of marine life and is considered one of the world's most beautiful natural wonders
E1A9P TIL, Conway Twitty Sang 'Hello Darlin' in Russian. On July 19, 1975, the recording was played by the American astronauts on board the Apollo module to Russian cosmonauts flying in Soyuz 19. It was meant to be seen as a gesture of peace and goodwill toward the Russians.
p8Wxe TIL the US manufactured enough Purple Heart medals in preparation for a possible invasion of Japan in 1945, that they still awarded ones manufactured back then during the recent Iraq and Afghanistan wars
kO6pm TIL of a Swedish man who was wrongly imprisoned for a murder for 14 years until a true-crime podcast brought out clues that led to his exoneration. Awarded a record sum in damages of 18 million SEK, he now lives in Canary Islands with his wife who was his Spanish-language teacher in prison.
vPavL TIL that MLB Hall of Famer Gary Carter invented the “f-bomb” term in a 1988 Newsday story. That term would later be published in the Webster dictionary in 2012 crediting Carter for its first recorded use.