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TIL Thailand has highest number of female CEOs globally

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R7R09 TIL Most Federal Enforcement Agencies send trainees to the Holocaust Museum so trainees understand what can happen if they become complicit in authoritarian type orders
xVElD TIL that cashews actually grow on 20 feet (6 meters) tall evergreen trees, the nut we eat is part of a larger fruit called a cashew apple, and the exterior of an un-shelled cashew has the same toxins as poison ivy.
loZB7 TIL that Peru is Portuguese for turkey, meaning that there are two countries in the world called Turkey.
gM1Zy TIL that queen bees have a smooth stinger which allows them to sting multiple times. They use their stinger to kill off any potential rival queens!
YE7v TIL John Smith was a pirate, beheaded three Turks in jousting matches while fighting for the Holy Roman Army, and was enslaved in Russia until he escaped by killing his master. He did all this before he set sail for present day Virginia, United States.