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TIL the state of Florida does not allow married couples to divorce while one of the partners is pregnant.

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8eyvX TIL the Tokyo Resilience Project, launched in 2023, is a massive 18-year, estimated $109 billion, initiative to strengthen the city's defenses against the threats of windstorms, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and disruptions to essential services like power and communication systems.
8aREK TIL that pillbugs, aka roly pollies, aren't insects, but are actually crustaceans and have gills
jQPQ TIL that the South Park team begins episode production only a week before the air date, including script writing. Sometimes they even send the episode over just a few hours before it airs.
kJK8e TIL Guinness World Record’s and Guinness beer are the same company, and was created in order to settle arguments debated in pubs
Wwo8 TIL that the technical name for the division sign (÷) is “Obelus”