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TIL Bartenders have the 2nd highest divorce rate and the highest single percentage of all occupation.

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OogO7 TIL there is an island in Ethiopia where Christian Ethiopians claim to have kept the Ark of Covenant for thousands of years. It is watched over by a single man with no name known as the "Guardian" and no woman are allowed on the island for fear of "stirring the passions" of the virgins on the island
4XJKX TIL the psychedelic furs song “Pretty in Pink” inspired the 80’s cult classic of the same name. But, the song is not about a dress, it refers to the beauty of the nude female body. The popularity of the song with young girls alienated the band’s older fan base.
X0erD TIL in the 1970's the Ford Transit van, with car performance and space for 1.75 tonnes of loot, was used in 95% of bank robberies in the UK.
OGKbX TIL emojis and emoticons are not interchangeable words. Emoticans are made with characters - like :), :(, B-), O_O, while emojis are pictographs (literally meaning "picture character" in Japanese) - like the roughly corresponding 🙂, 😔, 😎, 😳
nWa6G TIL that after finishing season 1 of Gravity Falls, creator Alex Hirsch was so burnt out that he almost considered not doing another one, until Jon Stewart and Pat McHale, creator of Over the Garden Wall, were able to convince him to do so.