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TIL Actress Brittany Murphy and her widower both passed away of pneumonia and severe anemia in their home nearly 5 months apart. Murphy’s mom believes both her daughter and son-in-law were victims of toxic mold.

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BAwd TIL the more you spend on your engagement ring / wedding, the more likely you are to get divorced. Weddings over $20k have 3.5x the risk vs. those that cost $5-10k. The lowest risk was for couples with large attendance weddings and who honeymooned (regardless of how cheap) (X-post r/science)
ppKe TIL of the Harvard Computers. Edward Pickering decided to hire a team of women after his increasing frustrations with his male assistants. He declared that his maid could do a better job so he hired his maid, and subsequently a team of women whom soon discovered how to measure distances of stars.
4k8rN TIL According to studies counting living humans and english speakers around the world, around 15-20% of humanity speaks english either natively or as a second language.
4XjQ6 TIL about Diggerland USA. It's an amusement park that has multiple locations around the world and offers not only standard amusement park fare like rides and food, it also allows young people to actually operate heavy machinery like bull dozers, excavators, and more.
4ZvR TIL Speedy Gonzales was banned by Cartoon Network for being an offensive stereotype, only to be returned after mass protest by the hispanic-american community.