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TIL couples who spend more money on a wedding are more likely to divorce than couples who hold cheaper weddings

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kJZ5E TIL that sharks are around 100 million years older than trees.
xrB1 TIL that throughout Alexander Graham Bell’s life, he fought against deaf people’s rights, worked at finding out why they married to stop them, called the deaf a “great calamity”, and even went so far as calling Sign Language “…contrary to the spirit and practice of America-…”
ANk4 TIL That the Roman Statesman Cato the Elder ended every speech, regardless of the topic, with “…and therefore, Carthage must be destroyed!”
VMvL0 TIL that Hayao Miyazaki, producer of the Studio Ghibli, used to be able to produce 10 minutes of animation per month. He can now only produce 1 minute per month, largely due to his age.
5Vy0B TIL of ACHOO, or Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helioopthalmic Outburst Syndrome, which is characterized by sneezing in response to sudden exposure to light.