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TIL: Owning a cat can reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by more than a third.

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8adgb TIL many Plains tribes recognized certain persons having the role of "reverse" warriors, experienced warriors who in battle purposely abided by contrary, foolish or crazy principles. The "reverse" warrior charged when ordered to retreat and could only fall back when he was commanded to attack.
neJdB TIL Callista Gingrich, Newt's wife, admitted to having a 6 year affair with him while he was previously married. Then she pushed him to have his first marriage annulled by the Catholic Archdiocese on the grounds his previous wife had already been married once. She is the ambassador to the Vatican.
edGJ TIL the lead singer of Slayer is Christian and when asked about the album title “God Hates Us All” he replied “God doesn’t hate, but it’s a great fucking title”
ODy4 TIL: that the “women make 77c on a man’s dollar” stat is obtained by averaging out a random group of men versus a random group of women. When adjusted for age, same career and same experience, women earn about 95.9-92.2c on a man’s dollar. (pg 29 for statistics)
88YL TIL that Marlin would have had to swim 1,568 miles to find Nemo