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TIL: Female students in China outperform men to such an extent that some universities have introduced a “male quota.”

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aanL TIL: When you speak inside your mind small muscles in your throat mimic the formation of each word, and NASA is working on a machine that would detect these muscle movements and transcribe them to words.
0v9R TIL a movie was created in the 80’s with a murder scene so realistic the director was jailed until the actors could be located.
lnba TIL: A Detroit musician living in poverty didn’t know that in South Africa, he was more popular than the Beatles.
GYGYJ TIL In 1988, an Aboriginal man named Burnum Burnum visited the white cliffs of Dover and ceremonially planted the Aboriginal flag there, claiming England for his people
78lRb TIL in 1788 the Hapsburg Monarchy lost between 1,000 and 10,000 soldiers in a battle that the Ottomans didn't show up to due to drunken scouts and lack of communication due to many different languages being spoken within the army.