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TIL couples who do not have children tend to be more educated, have higher incomes, be less religious, and not subscribe to traditional gender roles or conventional roles.

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oRraK TIL There’s a Back to the Future Musical
ndaY TIL Bill Watterson was thinking of allowing his famous Calvin and Hobbes comic strip to be animated, as he admired animation as an art, but decided against it once he realized he didn’t want to hear Calvin’s voice.
neMNG TIL There were 80 million undetonated bombs (UXO) in Laos from the Vietnam War. There is a group called Article22 that works with local Laotian craftspeople and the MAG (Mines Advisory Panel) to clear UXO and turn it into beautiful jewelry.
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