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TIL a couple is more likely to get a divorce if either one is fired from their job, 57% more likely if the man is fired, and 90% more likely if the woman is fired.

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9eDD TIL that while the word “thong” comes from the Old English “thwong”, a flexible leather cord, other languages use various euphemisms: in Brazil it is “fio dental” (dental floss); in Bulgarian “prashka” (slingshot); Chinese it is dingziku (丁字褲/丁字裤) which roughly means T-letter pants
78pgZ TIL Don Rosa, comic book illustrator for Disney, often hid the acronym D.U.C.K. in the cover or first panel of Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck stories. The acronym stands for "Dedicated to Unca Carl from Keno". (Examples in comments)
PZGn TIL There’s an episode of “Batman: The Animated Series” in which Scarecrow tries to poison Gotham’s water supply by putting fear toxin in it; a plot device used by the movie “Batman Begins.”
mx7O TIL Donald Duck referred to a chemical compound 20 years before it was discovered by science.
rNGly TIL that when your body burns fat 84% of it gets converted to carbon dioxide and exhaled through your lungs. The remaining 16% is converted into water that becomes urine and sweat.