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TIL men are 6 times more likely to leave their wife if she gets seriously ill than the other way around (20.8% vs. 2.9%)

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oVeL TIL that self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graudation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships
wLJ58 TIL economic and social ties between NYC and the secessionist South were so strong that on January 6, 1861, the Mayor of New York, Fernando Wood called for city to secede from the Union in support of the "Confederacy of which she was the proud Empire City"
e0eXL TIL That Tupac Shakur Changed The Name Of His Publishing Company From 'Ghetto Gospel Music' To 'Joshua's Dream' After Meeting An 11 Yr. Old With Muscular Dystrophy Who Died 45 Minutes After Tupac Left The Hospital From Visiting Him.
O8vX TIL When Morgan Freeman fell asleep in an interview, he later responded saying “Regarding my recent interview, I wasn’t actually sleeping. I’m a beta tester for Google Eyelids and I was merely taking the opportunity to update my Facebook page.”
5YrQ9 TIL that Ally's Law is legislation passed by several U.S. states that requires stores to allow people with certain medical conditions access to employee restrooms. It was named after a 14 year old girl with Crohn’s Disease who soiled herself in a mall after being denied access to a store restroom.