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TIL about the first recorded divorce in US history, in which the husband later admitted to having two wives and refused to return to his first wife with whom he had left his two children.

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8exka TIL the opposite of jealousy is compersion
oBGQ7 TIL during the Vietnam war, the CIA created "ghost tapes" designed to frighten Vietcong solders. the tapes were of fallen Vietnamese souls wandering the jungle telling of their suffering, and to go back to their loved ones. These were played loudly at night from helicopters.
0wN15 TIL of a science fiction novel by Dr. Wernher von Braun named "Project Mars: A Technical Tale". The novel, made in the late 1940s, describes Mars exploration. In this novel, Mars is inhabited by Martian civilization and the leader of the Martian government is entitled "Elon" (Chapter 24 on page 177)
lodKG TIL the last two fluent speakers of the ancient dying language Ayapaneco aren’t talking to each other. Manuel Segovia, 75, and Isidro Velazquez, 69, only live 500 metres apart in a small village in Tabasco but refuse to speak as they can’t stand each other’s company.
LQd8V TIL that Vince Guaraldi, who composed the music for the Peanuts TV specials, was good friends with The Grateful Dead. He appears on the back cover of their album Aoxomoxoa (sitting on a horse), and supposedly played with them as a temporary keyboardist in the early 70s.