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TIL an analysis found it took students 43 hours & adults 94 hours (on avg) for two acquaintances to turn into casual friends. Students needed 57 hours to transition from casual friends to friends; adults 164 hours. For students, friends became good/best friends after 119 hours; adults about 219 hrs.

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neQE9 TIL carrying the bride over the threshold is an ancient Roman custom dating back to the founders of Rome and the "Rape of the Sabine Women" in which the men of Rome abducted 'brides' from Sabine.
lo7LK TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage
nWMjb TIL that the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum has estimated that more than 6,000 ships and 30,000 lives have been lost in the Great Lakes. In fact: between 1816 to the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975, the Whitefish Point area alone has claimed at least 240 ships.
nMk7 TIL The most powerful sidearm ever issued by the US military was the Colt Walker of 1847. It weighed 4.5 pounds, had a 9" barrel, and fired a .44 caliber projectile with the muzzle energy of a .357 magnum. It had an effective range of 100 yards, but was prone to blowing up in the shooter’s hands.
kJ4D4 TIL that, despite “gruel” today being shorthand for “inedible, disgusting food”, it was a staple food, decent tasting, and decent for you