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TIL Not many babies are born during the graduate-student years. More than two-thirds of women in a doctoral survey agreed that the ages between 28 and 34 would be the optimal time to have a first child—the very years in which they are struggling to obtain a Ph.D

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W6eY TIL German prisoners of war in the U.S during WWII were allowed outside camps without guards solely on the honor system. No prisoner ever ran away.
awEJ0 TIL The Democratic Kampuchea period of 1975-1979 saw the closure and destruction of schools in Cambodia. During this period Phnom Penh University and all other educational institutions were closed and education was perceived as a dangerous asset
PYEbJ TIL that the word “she” only appears once in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit”
5YjLk TIL that precious metals like gold can be artificially created in particle accelerators. Basically lighter atoms are bombarded with neutrons and electrons making them turn into heavier atoms which then decay into the desired metal. Unfortunately, the process is extremely expensive.
7lb TIL Two Men Murdered 15 People Over the Course of a Year in Order to Sell the Bodies as Cadavers for College Students to Dissect.