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TIL that lack of sleep can contribute to the end of your marriage because according to this study results if both partners got less than seven hours of sleep the previous two nights, the couple was more likely to "argue or become hostile."

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gYJX TIL that Eliahu Itzkovitz’s family was murdered in the Holocaust by a guard named Stănescu. When he learned that Stănescu was serving in the French Foreign Legion, Itzkovitz deserted from the Israeli Navy, joined the Legion, became Stănescu’s trusted subordinate, and gunned him down
9YMjr TIL Eric Clapton gifted Geogre Harrison a unique red Gibson Les Paul that he nicknamed “Lucy”. It was stolen in 1973, and after tracking it down, Harrison had to trade another Les Paul and a Fender Bass to get it back. Until his death in 2001, Harrison referred to the incident as a “kidnapping”
oRojA TIL that Windows has a built-in clipboard history that saves your last 25 copied items — you can access it with (Win + V)
Lk7Pp Today I learned that,Jack Daniels died of sepsis in Lynchburg on October 9, 1911. The infection began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured one morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it opened. (It was rumored that he would often times forget the safe combination.)
GG71 TIL fungi have been observed to do almost everything in managing an environment, from digesting minerals out of rock formations to consuming fossil fuel spills to de-radiating an environment(like around Chernobyl) (btw 30:57- 47:45)