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TIL that Apple and Facebook have said they will cover the cost of freezing the eggs of female employees who want to delay having a baby while they pursue their careers

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D1RQg TIL Johnny Otis, a seminal influence on American R&B and rock and roll, lived his professional and personal life as a Black man despite the fact he was ethnically Greek. He wrote, "As a kid I decided that if our society dictated that one had to be black or white, I would be black."
jlLn TIL back in 2007 a Company Named Their MP3 Player the “I.Beat Blaxx”
xVxJb TIL: Medical professionals are more likely to believe women’s symptoms are ‘all in their head’ compared to men. Women have to fight for their symptoms to be taken seriously even in serious cases such as brain tumours.
X0mP TIL that Christian, Judaic, and Islamic texts all ban interest on loans
5lLB TIL that boxer Marvin Hagler legally changed his name to ‘Marvelous Marvin Hagler’ so that commentators had to call him by his nickname.