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TIL the more content the wife is with the long-term union, the happier the husband is with his life no matter how he feels about their nuptials.

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NXE5E TIL that the Freedom Bell is a 2:1 scale replica of the Liberty Bell that was cast in The Netherlands. It was a bicentennial gift from the American Legion to the nation’s youth and sat in storage for several years before being installed at Union Station in 1981.
P17PV TIL The word "man" was originally gender-neutral, hence "one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind". In Old English "wæpman" = male, "wifman" = female, "man" = gender-neutral
7r6YM TIL about Disco Demolition Night. In the Late 70s the White Sox hired a shock-jock, anti-disco campaigner to promote an event where fans were urged to bring in disco records for discounted ticket priced. These records were collected and then blown up. The even ended with riot police dispersal.
PyRn TIL that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the US
4kZmb TIL the National Anthem for the People’s Republic of China was originally written for the movie “ Children of Troubled Times” (1935), and didn’t become official until 2004