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TIL that while researchers used to think premarital cohabitation led to less early divorces but more longer-term marriages, that may no longer prove true. Researchers now think premarital cohabitation has short‐term benefits and longer term costs for marital stability.

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e0bpE TIL that when the first complaints of witchcraft had gone out starting the Salem Witch Trials, a church member had a "witch cake" made. They said it was "a means to discover witchcraft". It was made from rye meal and urine from those that were afflicted and then fed to a dog.
Bwpy TIL in an effort to deter nuclear warfare, Robert Fisher suggested the nuclear codes be placed in the chest cavity of a Presidential aid. The president would have to physically take a life in order to use nuclear weapons.
6ErOZ TIL Billionaire Richard Branson Made A Low Key Appearance In The Show Friends. With About 50 Seconds Of Camera Time He Played A Souvenir Seller Mundanely Serving Joey.
nWoaP TIL During early development the gonads of the [human] fetus remain undifferentiated; that is, all fetal genitalia are the same and are phenotypically female.
Oo4VR TIL from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 the government of England spoke a type of French called Norman, while ordinary people spoke forms of English. Although Norman died out in England several hundred years ago, it continues in legal terms and parliament is still opened by the Queen in Norman.