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TIL, Neanderthals and Woolly Mammoths Shared Genetic Traits

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WKrd TIL Iran has the highest female to male ratio in universities among all sovereign nations. More than 70% of students in engineering and pure sciences are women.
Ooy9X TIL when economist Robert Lucas and wife Rita Lucas split up in 1989, one of the conditions of divorce was if he won a Nobel prize within 31 Oct 1995, half of the prize money would go to her. Robert Lucas won a Nobel with $1 million for his theory about 'rational expectations' on 10 Oct 1995.
BgeNb TIL For decades sideshow performers showcased a real deceased man in their show "The Outlaw Who Would Never Be Captured Alive". The man in question was killed in a shootout in 1911. He was displayed in this show until 1976 when he was rediscovered, and finally laid to rest in 1977.
neDyr TIL that Cleopatra lived closer in time to the building of the Pyramid in Memphis, TN than the building of the Great Pyramids of Egypt
epr0k TIL Abraham Lincoln was a wrestler when he was young and lost just 1 match out of the 300 total that he competed in