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TIL 50% of marriages no longer end in divorce. It’s more like 35% if you married in the ‘90s, and 15% if you married in the 2000s.

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LQ1vv TIL that we turn on the exact same stress-response as do those mammals running for their lives or running for a meal, and we turn it on for psychological reasons
yQg7l TIL of the Cocoanut Grove fire, a deadly nightclub fire in 1940's Boston that led to laws requiring clearly lit exit signs and outward-swinging exit doors; it also saw the introduction of the now-widely used Lund and Browder chart, which estimates burn sizes on burn victims.
rRnDM TIL The University of Melbourne offers a subject on Eurovision.
x6yM1 TIL that five of the six highest wind speeds ever observed in a tornado occurred in Oklahoma and two of those even occurred on the same day.
KMkG TIL there is a branch of Christianity called the Muggletonians who do not worship or preach and believe God “takes no notice of everyday events on earth”