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TIL expensive weddings are directly linked to higher divorce rates.

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GAov7 TIL that to lessen the immediate financial burden of Terminator 2: Judgment Day’s production costs, Carolco Pictures paid most of Arnold Schwarzenegger's salary with a financed $12.75 million Gulfstream III jet.
wOQW TIL In an effort to preserve the language, ‘Star Wars’ is being dubbed in Navajo
1xpD TIL that in 2001, a Norwegian container ship rescued 438 refugees in open ocean between Indonesia and Australia. The ship was then refused entry into Australian waters, but entered anyway. Australia then sent troops to board the ship.
9Y8X7 TIL of Rosie Ruiz, a marathon runner who came in first among women in the 1980 Boston marathon. After winning, reporters noticed she wasn't that sweaty and didn't seem that tired at all. It turned out she took the subway the majority of the route and simply snuck back into the race to win.
AZm4 TIL Toshiba doesn’t want you to be able to fix your own computer/laptop and will slap you with a C & D if you share their service manuals.