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TIL a study in 2017 found that while break-ups take a more immediate emotional toll on women, men often never fully recover — they simply move on.

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XyOP TIL John Davis, creator of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, was invited to see the last shuttle launch. Two guys at the launch approached him and asked if he created the show. After confirming to them that he did, they replied, “You’re the reason we went to work for NASA!”
lvRV TIL that a high school student absent due to a doctor’s appointment ended up locking his school down and getting held by the police after the receptionist calling him to confirm his absence thought the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song was a bomb threat
7rWrb TIL when chess player Bobby Fischer beat soviet grandmaster Taimanov, Taimanov was thrown off the USSR team, forbidden to travel, banned from writing articles, and deprived of his monthly stipend. It virtually ended his career.
M44V TIL the Indian government has issued cattle ID cards of cows in West Bengal to stop smuggling of cows to Bangladesh. Each cattle ID card has the picture of the animal & the owner with information such as its color,height,sex and length of horns and details-like “one horn missing” or “half tail lost”
9wVgp TIL: that in Germany. People go to more orchestra concerts than football (soccer) games