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TIL that Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, was white

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eoa5 TIL in a 2014 study of 3,000 married couples, Emory University discovered that couples who spent more than $20K on their wedding are roughly 46% more likely to get divorced than couples who spent $5-10K.
xVV5w TIL Hitler and his architect Albert Speer believed in the "Ruin Value" of buildings. He aimed for every building that the Third Reich built to have aesthetically pleasing ruins 1000 years from their completion.
R7dnQ TIL that a day on Venus lasts longer than a year on Venus (it takes 243 days for it to rotate on itself and 225 to complete its revolution)
Ak7 TIL That Bill Gates has donated more to charity ($28 Billion) than number eight on the Forbes Rich List (Stefan Persson) is worth ($26.0 billion).
eMYb TIL John Cena replaced Fred Flintstone on 4 million Fruity Pebbles cereal boxes because Dwayne Johnson called him a “Fruity Pebbles” eater in the ring.