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TIL Homicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in U.S.

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R0Vj TIL The oft-cited statistic that 50% of marriages fail only applies to marriages before age 20. For older ages, it’s significantly lower, at 34% before age 23 and 14% before age 26.
x6eb1 TIL the Japanese United Red Army conducted an internal purge of its members in 1972, killing 12, including 1 member killed for asking for tissues.
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e0QDk TIL the smiley face logo was created in 1963 by Harvey Ball. He was paid $45 for 10 minutes of work. Ball didn't trademark the logo. Instead, French journalist Franklin Loufrani registered it as "Smiley" for licensing. Today that license generates hundreds of millions of dollars in annually.