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TIL expensive weddings usually end in divorce.

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4XeEg TIL the largest family to perish on the Titanic was the Sage family of Peterborough, England. Mr and Mrs Sage and their nine children all died in the sinking. Only the body of their 13-year-old son was recovered.
J161Q TIL that Alcuin of York, an 8th century English scholar, has been credited as inventor of the first question mark.
70bP TIL computers cannot be programmed to generate a set of truly random numbers on their own. For things like encryption keys and online gaming sites, companies use RANDOM.org which uses atmospheric noise to develop truly random numbers.
nR1G TIL that the character who sings the famous opera song “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” was said to be modeled on the real-life Sir Garnet Wolseley. Rather than being offended by the caricature, Wolseley would sing the song to amuse his friends.
NoPJ TIL of Lake Karachay, a lake in Russia that was used as a radioactive waste dump, and has been described as the most polluted place on the planet. Standing on the shore for an hour would give you a lethal dose of radiation.