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TIL: London based study in 2018 discovered that 70% of women are bullied by "Queen Bees" in the workplace. "Queen Bees" have been characterized as women who adopt socially aggressive behaviors such as gossiping, exclusion, alienation, and stealing friends/partners due to insecurity.

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VLOk TIL the ridges around the side of the Quarter are a leftover from when the coin was made of silver. The ridges were meant to prevent the practice of shaving off small amounts of silver from the coins.
D1O6v TIL Quokkas don't really throw their babies at predators
wLKM1 TIL traffic is so bad in Bangkok that Thai Traffic Police has a unit of officers trained in basic midwifery in order to assist deliveries which do not reach the hospital in time.
yVY9e TIL that people who have ears that get raw, sore peeling skin when exposed to cold or some soaps/shampoos have "ear eczema", a common condition.
0nWA TIL that in World War One, on the Russian front, wounded soldiers were often eaten alive by wolves