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TIL On the eve of International Women’s Day in 2017, children’s author J K Rowling was voted the most inspirational businesswoman in a survey of UK freelancers

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pnLA TIL Native Americans had cities ranging in size from 15,000 to 40,000 people, a number any city in the US would match until 1780 and rivaled cities like London at the same time.
ner4W TIL Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has trained with a former Special Forces Army reservist twice a week since 1999 after being diagnosed with colon cancer. She was able to complete 20 full push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday.
JvO4 TIL Most lizards can’t breath and run at the same time, due to sideways flexing of the body expanding one lung and compresses the other, shunting stale air from lung to lung instead of expelling it completely to make room for fresh air.
0ME1 TIL the Million Program is an ambitious public housing initiative implemented in Sweden between 1965 and 1974. Aiming to give everyone a home at a reasonable price, it was the most ambitious building program in the world – adding one million new homes in a nation with a population of eight million.
aweR0 TIL that US students pledge allegiance to their flag every day.