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TIL: Husbands are six times more likely than wives to leave when their partner is diagnosed with a serious illness.

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OoQP6 TIL about a man who planted an enormous guitar shaped forest as a tribute to his late wife.
4NRb TIL that today in 1680, the Pueblos of N.M. were joined in unity by their leader Popé to fight against their Spanish oppressors. Known as the Pueblo Revolt, the Pueblos drove off the Spanish for the next 12 years, saving their identity and religion, which was sought to be destroyed at that time.
E175p TIL of couple Vladimir & Lidiya Guryev of Montclair New Jersey. They are Russian spies in pretense of being locals in the name of Richard & Cynthia Murphy. They arrived in US in mid 1990s and arrested by FBI in 2010.
N54b TIL there was an assassination attempt on FDR before he was initially sworn in, but the guy missed and killed the mayor of Chicago as they were shaking hands.
VMbwB TIL that a non-Indigenous company holds worldwide exclusive rights to use the Australian Aboriginal flag on clothing.