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TIL there are two asteroids named after the women who inspired the creation of Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston; his wife, Elizabeth, and their polyamorous life partner, Olive.

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KnnE TIL that Mexicans have the highest average annual hours worked in the world, yet is the least productive country out of of those listed by OECD
1re8 TIL in 1968, two boys playing in a deserted and rat-infested tenement found the body of a 31yo drug addict, surrounded by religious pamphlets and empty beer bottles. Not until 19 months later was the body identified as that of child actor Bobby Driscoll, Academy Award winner and voice of Peter Pan
KONLw TIL that Canada's post-WWII baby boom began about 3 years after the birthrate rose in the U.S., because Canadian soldiers returned home later.
M74r8 TIL that Barents Sea was blocked by ice in 16th century
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