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TIL research across 160 cultures revealed that spousal infidelity is the most common reason for a breakup

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e0vp5 TIL of Giuseppe Castiglione, an Italian Jesuit missionary to China who became the court artist of the Qing Emperors. Rather than just force European art on the Chinese or copy Chinese styles, Giuseppe blended the two styles together, which created an entirely new fusion painting style in Chinese art
45ka TIL Walk Off the Earth singer Sarah Blackwood was kicked off a United Airlines flight over her crying son
E1NWV TIL that in 1975 David Bowie and Dennis Hopper broke into a psychiatric ward wearing spacesuits to deliver cocaine to Iggy Pop.
vP4MR TIL Fred Durst directed a movie starring John Travolta and Devon Sawa that only made $4,000 at the box office
eppOn TIL: Cigarettes were created with the idea of "a woman's cigar" in mind since cigars were considered unladylike. Hence the -ette at the end of the word "cigarette".