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TIL In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in human history. Locust populations ballooned, swarming the country and causing famine.

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6E8XQ TIL a UK study found that in divorce cases, husbands engaged in affairs in 75% of cases, wives in 25% of cases. 53% of divorces were marriages that lasted 10-15 years, 40% ending after 5-10 years. The study found that if a marriage survives over 20 years it is unlikely to end in divorce.
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