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TIL that in states that have legalized no-fault divorce, domestic violence rates dropped by 30 percent, and female suicide declined between 8 and 16 percent, while showing no lasting effect on divorce rates.

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nerlG TIL that Neil Patrick Harris and his partner David Burtka each fertilized one egg from their set of twins, both eggs took, and they have no interest in finding out which child they are the biological father to
m1dJE TIL a corporation can "own" a color. It's been reported that T-Mobile has filed the most law suits for using a trademarked color.
XExEj TIL in Spain they pray to St Cucuphas when something is lost. They tie knots into a handkerchief representing his testicles. They promise to undo the knots once the lost object is found.
aw4MJ TIL "No Woman, No Cry" was written by Jamaican songwriter Vincent Ford who meant the chorus to mean "No, woman, nuh (=don't) cry" but used the english creole language Jamaican Patois. He was running a soup kitchen and was a friend of Bob Marley, whose royalties kept his soup kitchen running.
yQ5Xe TIL of Hajimi Fuji, who volunteered for the kamikaze but was refused acceptance because he had a wife and two young children. To honour his wish his wife drowned her two young girls and drowned herself. Hajimi then flew as a kamikaze pilot,meeting his death on the 28th May 1945.