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

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YxKG TIL 17% of the 7-footers in the U.S. between the ages of 20 and 40 play in the NBA
69G1X TIL: In April 1861 in Pennsylvania, an oil well that began gushing at a rate 3,000 barrels per day had drawn about 150 spectators by the time an hour later when the oil gusher burst into flames, raining fire down on the oil-soaked onlookers. Thirty people died.
YMWW TIL George Foreman has made more money selling his grills than for his boxing career in which he was a 2-time heavyweight champion
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8dO8 TIL there is a movement known as Cascadia, whose purpose is to create a nation from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon becoming the 20th largest country in the world