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TIL in United States, before the invention of mass produced typewriters, women was making up only 4% of the clerical workforce in 1874. This number rose to 75% by 1900.

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wLR18 TIL that there are no horror movies in China. They don't have a rating system so "you must make movies that a five year old can watch without feeling scared."
e00m5 TIL that the world's most venomous creature, the Box Jellyfish, actively hunts prey, grow up to 10 feet in length, swim at 5 mph and will kill a grown man in less than 5 minutes.
W4XL TIL there was an all girl band that would throw a ‘Golden Condom’ to the audience, and whoever got it, male or female, was taken backstage to have sex with band members.
V57p TIL there is a correlation to long life spans and intelligence, and it is just as strong as the correlation between smoking and early death
epVNE TIL Hou Jing, a general during the China's North-South period, seized control of the government of the Liang dynasty by rebelling. After that, in an act of vanity, he gave himself the title of "General of the Universe, Past, Present, and Future, Commander of all Forces in the Six Directions".