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FUN FACTS
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The two highest IQ scores in recorded history belong to women.
A 1770 bill proposed in the British Parliament suggested that any woman wearing make-up should be punished for witchcraft.
Women earn more than 60% of all college degrees in the United States.
In Greek mythology, the first god to be born after Chaos (the first element to exist) was a woman named Gaia, or Mother Earth. Gaia, without assistance from a male god, then birthed Uranus, (the sky)
the mountains, and Pontus (the sea).
Wonder Woman (2017) was the first superhero film starring a female lead to be directed by a woman.
Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1903. In addition, women over the years have patented non-reflective glass, disposable diapers, white out, and industrial lathes, among many other innovations.
In the last sixteen years, a single woman has summited Mount Everest seven times, more times than any other woman on earth.
Around the world, one woman dies every 90 seconds from complications of pregnancy or childbirth.
In India and Napal, the practice of widow burning (sati) occurred when women burned themselves alive on their husbands’ funeral pyres as a sign of devotion and love. It was meant to be a voluntary act, but occasionally women were drugged or pushed into the fire.
The earliest known female physician lived in ancient Egypt around 2700 B.C.
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