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TIL American intermarriage between Black women/White men has the second lowest divorce rate; next to East-Asian couples.

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xOm1 TIL archaeologists had found a ring inside a 9th century Viking grave that is inscribed with the phrase ‘for Allah’.
epRkk TIL that the town of Longyearbyen on Svalbard only experiences sunrises and sunsets on 127 days of the year, from August 23 to October 27 and from February 15 to April 18.
YpvkP TIL of toy swapping. The act of buying a new toy and put an old/broken one in it's packaging which is returned for a refund.
vP4DB TIL in 1945, 2 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, the Boston Red Sox held a sham "tryout" for him and other black players. Red Sox management shouted racial slurs from the stands and humiliated the players. The Red Sox would eventually be the last MLB team to racially integrate.
164lW TIL parasitic castrators are parasites which destroy or block the reproductive capabilities of the host, allowing them to make use of the energy and nutrients which would have been used for maintenance of sexual organs, secondary sexual characteristics, mate-seeking behaviour or raising offspring.