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TIL MacKenzie Bezos divorced Jeff Bezos and became the 3rd richest woman in the world from the divorce settlement

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XgwP TIL after 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ, the US and South Korea sent 813 soldiers, 27 helicopters and nuclear-capable bombers to the DMZ to supervise the cutting down of the tree. North Korean soldiers watched in silence as the tree was cut down in 42 minutes.
j6ERQ TIL about the Dalma Culture, a Prehistoric Archaeological Culture of North-Western Iran dating back to the Fifth Millennium B.C. with their Settlement Patterns showing No Signs of Social Hierarchy
E1Vyx TIL: During the earliest period of Earth's existence, the Hadean Period, 4.6-4.0 billion years ago, the surface temperature was over 200°C but there were still liquid-water oceans because the atmospheric pressure was 27 times as strong as it is now, significantly raising the boiling point of water.
NXBvP TIL When Usain Bolt won the 100m sprint in the Olympic final, he only ate chicken nuggets from McDonalds as he didn't want to risk getting an upset stomach from the local cuisine
yQj1e TIL that according to a study from UC Berkeley, the most successful marriages were those where the wife was able to calm down quickly after arguments – The husbands' emotional regulation had little to no bearing on long-term satisfaction.