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TIL women are significantly more likely than men to experience partner abandonment during serious illness

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d757 TIL that Dildo, Fucking, Anus, Condom, Nob End, Effin, Twatt, Intercourse, Bald Knob, Wankum, Moron and Swastika are all names of towns around the world.
MeOAW TIL that Ethel (Vivian Vance) and Fred (William Frawley) of I Love Lucy hated each other. While out to eat she heard of his death, she celebrated and ordered everyone in the restaurant a bottle of champagne
GYvXJ TIL that LGBT folks in China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan refer to each other as 同志 (tóngzhì), meaning "comrade"
Gd94 TIL that “slut shaming” is mostly performed by women. According to the New York Times, “studies have shown that the more attractive an adolescent girl or woman is, the more likely she is to become a target for indirect aggression from her female peers”.
R7pyw TIL former President Jimmy Carter does not receive federal retirement health benefits because he only worked for the government for four years, less than the five years needed to qualify