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TIL that Tinder, Match.com, PlentyOfFish, and OKCupid are all owned by the same company.

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Zvwp TIL maintain morale, WWI wartime censors blocked early reports of the 1918 Influenza epidemic in their countries. However, papers were free to report the epidemic’s effects in neutral Spain, creating a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit—thus the pandemic’s nickname, the Spanish flu.
Yp5EA TIL Calcium deficiency can contribute to mood problems such as irritability, anxiety, depression, and difficulty sleeping.
b6j87 TIL an arbitrator ruled that a Meta executive-turned-whistleblower is prohibited from promoting her book “Careless People”
NXylN TIL St. Louis, Missouri has fewer current residents than it did in 1870.
ZLEY TIL of Kleindeutschland - literally a German town in the middle of New York City. It had the third largest German speaking population in the world until 1000 women and children were killed in a tragic fire. The population never recovered.