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TIL that having kids doesn’t increase happiness, in fact it decreases it. Happiness doesn’t return to pre-children levels in a marriage until the kids leave home.

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PYoKJ TIL the inventor of Clue, the board game, was a musician who thought of the idea while watching rich folk play murder parlor games at their mansions while he entertained them, playing piano
1arGD TIL about "Ivan the Cabbage," who formed an army of peasants in 1277, conquered Bulgaria in 1278, ruled as emperor in 1279, was deposed by the nobles in 1280, and fled to the Mongols who promptly executed him.
jwxp TIL Several UFO sightings were recorded throughout the Roman Republic/Empire from 214 BC
Z8Jjv TIL when Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect score in the Olympics, the scoreboard displayed "1.00" instead of a perfect "10". Omega SA, the manufacturer of the scoreboard did not program the device to display a 10, since they thought it was impossible to attain.
P14wZ TIL: There was an activist group in the UK named Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army, or CIRCA in 2003-2005. In 2005, a clown gathering prompted the deployment of 10,000 officers. The group declined after operation HA.HA.HAA (Helping Authorities House Arrest Half-witted Authoritarian Androids).