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TIL that the divorce rate of Navy Seals is over 90%/The average length of a marriage is 8 years

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YpDlB TIL that the first person to see human chromosomes through a microscope made a counting error, and published a paper in 1923 stating that there were 24 pairs of them. The error remained widely accepted as a scientific fact for 33 years until it was corrected.
9wldQ TIL the Great Wall of China is only visible from space if you have good eyesight!
wLWOE TIL that during Shrek's production being sent to work on it was a punishment for not performing well on other Dreamworks projects.
gMaZW TIL That when Christopher Reeve (the man who played Superman) was about to receive the surgery to reattach his skull to his spine after falling off a horse, Robin Williams cheered him up by dressing as his character from Nine Months and proclaiming that Reeve will be getting a rectal exam.
5VB6P TIL In 2020, The North American Scrabble Players Association banned racial slurs and other offensive words from official play, a decision which was controversial among top players.