08/03/2023
Happy International Women’s day - here are some (not so) shocking facts! 🍓
Women experience more colours-
Research has found that between men and women, women are able to recognize 25% more colors and shapes.
The top two highest IQs ever recorded in the world belonged to women. Marilyn Vos Savant, an American magazine columnist, playwright, author, and lecturer, was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest recorded Intelligence Quotient in the world. Her IQ was recorded at 228.
Among the 7 ancient wonders of the world, 2 of them were created by women. The mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built by Artemisia, queen of Caria. The hanging gardens of Babylon were planted by Semiramis, an Assyrian queen
Heels were introduced to women’s fashion in the 1600s to mimic the men who wore heels as a sign of their masculinity. Soon, men stopped wearing heels, and women have rocked them ever since.
The first computer programmer was a women. Ada Lovelace was the first person to recognize the full potential of a computing machine, i.e., a computer. She was one of the first computer programmers in the world.
Women have been making stunning discoveries and inventions since time immemorial, but they rarely get the credit due to them. Mary Anderson invented the windshield wiper in 1903. Also, it was women who invented disposable diapers, paper bags, non-reflective glass, the foot-pedal trashcan, and the dishwasher.
Shakuntala Devi, also known as the ‘human computer’, found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1982 for performing the fastest mental calculation.
The economic growth of the world has been found to be directly tied to the increasing percentage of educated women.