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DQ1xY TIL of Masako Katsura, the "First Lady of Billiards". She was Japan's first professional female billiards player, and moved to the USA after marrying an American in 1951. There, she competed in the 1952 billiards world championship, becoming the second female contender ever and taking 7th place.
J1N8Q TIL the "Women in Refrigerators" trope, which refers to female characters in fiction being killed or seriously harmed to serve as plot devices to motivate male characters, is particularly prevalent in the MCU
P1XWe TIL 90 percent of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine
BgnQD TIL in 2024, a woman gave birth on a bench outside Sainte-Croix Hospital in Quebec after not realizing that the main doors are locked overnight and that patients need to use the emergency room entrance during those hours. Afterwards, signage was added to the hospital doors.
R79gw TIL the Japan Times ran an article in 2010 predicting (seemingly accurately) the rise in popularity of thick thighs