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TIL Friday Feb 16th 2024 will be known as the black friday to the GOP

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b9x6a TIL that Diamonds do not last forever, as the amount that people spend on weddings and engagement rings is inversely associated with how long they stay married. Spending between $2,000-$4,000 is associated with (an increase in the hazard of divorce) as compared with spending between $500- $2,000
rR7ww TIL that there's a legal difference between a non-profit organization and not-for-profit organization in the US. For example, The income that nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations generate is used differently.
epk6k TIL that when Canada's Waterloo Lutheran University needed a new name in 1973, it renamed itself after Wilfrid Laurier. While the country's seventh prime minister had no connection with the school, the newly named Wilfrid Laurier University did not have to change its initials, WLU.
yQlMX TIL that the British phrase 'blowing smoke up my arse' comes from 1700s London: the banks of the Thames were lined with bellows that were used to perform a 'smoke enema' on drowned londoners in an attempt to save them. It was not effective.
GAmxN TIL Alarmed by the spread of Christianity, Roman Emperor Domitian sought and brought for questioning Jesus' grandnephews, the grandson's of his brother "by flesh". They claimed to own just one piece of land, which they worked by themselves, so Domitian let them go, deeming them insignificant