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TIL the least common interracial pairing is between black women and white men, followed by white women and black men. The most likely interracial marriage is between Hispanics and non-Hispanics, followed by those between white men and Asian American women.

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BgYGL TIL a 2006 study found that couples who have a TV in their bedroom have sex half as often as those who don’t. Couples without a TV in their bedroom had sex about 8 times a month, whereas, couples that did have a TV in their bedroom had sex roughly 4 times a month.
xVew0 TIL Blueberries and raspberries have the same pigment compounds, anthocyanins. Blueberries are blue because they are less acidic. If you add an acid like vinegar to crushed blueberries, they will turn red. Adding a base like baking soda will return them to blue.
kOmog TIL about the ghostly radio station, commonly known as "the Buzzer", situated in Russia that no one claims to run. It’s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for the last three-and-a-half decades. Anyone can listen to it by tuning a radio to 4625 kHz.
7bNZ TIL that an American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)
m1xDv TIL about university constituencies, which allows universities to have seat at a legislative body. Countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and the Virginia Colony used to have these and Rwanda and Ireland still have them