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Egbgo TIL Anna Tumarkin (1875–1951) was a Russian-born, naturalized Swiss academic and the first female philosophy professor at the University of Bern. She was also the first woman in Europe to examine PhD candidates and join a University Senate.
l7JeG TIL that despite a growing population, full time college enrollment peaked in 2010 and has been dropping ever since
V9Dk TIL Russia is rapidly depleting its Reserve Fund and is expected to run out of cash in 2017. The fund contained $91.7 Billion at the end of 2014 and contained $32.2 Billion as of September, 2016. The drawdown is largely due to oil prices that continue to lag budgeted targets.
Z8gdR TIL In languages, there is a reproducible correlation between the time required to pronounce numbers in a language and the memory span of its speakers. e.g Chinese number words are remarkably brief. Most of them can be uttered in less than (1/4)th of a second which results in their high memory.
Z8Mbo TIL children develop stronger bonds and derive more satisfaction from relationships with their pets than with their siblings, more so if the pets are dogs.