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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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p85vZ TIL a group of vultures is referred to differently depending on what they're observed doing: "kettle", "committee" or "wake." The term kettle refers to vultures in flight, while committee refers to vultures resting on the ground or in trees. Wake is reserved for a group of vultures that are feeding.
QJM7k TIL Olympic Gold Medals are Actually made of Silver. 1912 was the last Olympics to hand out solid gold medals. Today's gold medals are 92.5% silver.
9YoX6 TIL that Gin has been traced all the way back to the 11th century where it was used as medicinal juniper-based wine tonic by Benedictine monks in Salerno, Italy.
QNVJk TIL Dutch Princess Margriet was born in Ottawa while the royal family was in exile during WWII. To prevent dual citizenship (which would disqualify her as an heir), the Canadian government created a "bubble" of non-territory around her mother, so she would not legally be born on Canadian soil.
R7kK7 TIL The most popular type of oranges in the world is called Navel Oranges. They originate from a tree which mutated 200 years ago in Brazil and they are seedless, because the tree is seedless it cannot propagate normally and all navel orange trees are born from cuttings rather than seeds.