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TIL 28% of IT Professionals hide their career from family or friends out of fear of being asked to provide free tech support

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o8Vo TIL the “50% of US marriages end in divorce” statistic is misleading. In reality, divorce rates peaked in the early 1980s and have been steadily decreasing since then. If current trends continue, only a third of today’s marriages will end in a divorce.
e08WD TIL being a cop ranks as the 22nd most dangerous job in the US, behind professions like cement mason and crossing guard
69BwJ TIl that in Ancient Rome a newborn would be laid on the ground and checked for any defects. Then pater familias would decide whether the child would be raised or not. Unwanted children would be given away, left to die or outright killed (it was legal to kill children until the 4th century AD)
9YBbM TIL during WWII one soldier by himself, used an MG to repel a German infantry attack and killed over 100 German soldiers.
4xP5 TIL that George Washington and the Marquis of Lafayette were so close that they were like father and son. The relationship between the childless American and fatherless Frenchman was vital for the American Revolution. Lafayette named a son George Washington Lafayette.