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TIL of "Mexican Divorce", a practice in the mid 20th century where Americans would divorce in Mexico since it was easier, quicker, and only required the spouses to send in lawyers to the hearings instead of attending themselves.

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womK7 TIL the movie musical “Oklahoma!” (1955) was shot in Arizona because Oklahoma had so many Oil Well Derricks that they were distracting onscreen.
KYo69 TIL that when Michelangelo finished to carve the Pietà, the marble sculpture now in Saint Peter's Basilica, he was only 24
699RZ TIL Hugo Broch, a Luftwaffe pilot credited with 81 victories in 324 missions, all on the Eastern Front, is 100 years old and still alive.
N7GE6 TIL that the second largest human brain on record belongs to 19th century American doctor, lawyer, schoolmaster, photographer, inventor, carpet designer, phrenologist, and philologist Edward H. Rulloff, who was also a criminal and serial killer.
aO6Z TIL the genome of modern humans contains the DNA from four different hominid ancestors: homo sapiens, Neanderthals, Denisovans, and a fourth species that has yet to be discovered.