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TIL Rich people in China often hire body doubles to serve their prison sentences.

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OjBX TIL: Couples who spent $1,000 or less were 53% less likely to get divorced, while couples whose weddings cost over $20,000 had divorce rates 43% higher than average. Weddings attended by more than 200 people were 92% less likely to get divorced.
p8PZ8 TIL a 2003 heatwave killed over 70,000 people across Europe including 14,000 in France alone.
Y7Q5d TIL: South Park and The View premiered 2 days apart
neXmb TIL in 1993 a man damaged a levee on the Mississippi river to delay his wife coming home from work so he could party. The river flooded 14,000 acres and caused $15 billion in damages. He was sentenced to life in prison.
DKNV TIL in 1849 New York, a man would walk up to strangers and begin a conversation. Gaining their trust, he would ask “Have you the confidence to trust me with your watch until tomorrow?” He would never return. When finally caught, he was labeled a “confidence man”, later shortened to simply “con man”.