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TIL That Facebook was cited in 1/3 of divorces in 2011

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WRYX TIL Britney Spears’ Toxic sampled its famous hook from a 1981 Bollywood musical.
4X98g TIL of the Warren Harding Effect - when we make unconscious assumptions about a person or people and hang on to them even when presented with evidence to the contrary. In the early 1920s, Warren Harding looked so presidential that voters were fooled into thinking he’d make a good president.
VM0G0 TIL KFC's Twitter only follows 6 Herbs and the 5 Spice Girls. 11 herbs and spices.
epgd4 TIL: During the filming of "Doctor Dolittle" (1967), the crew faced many problems due to the over 1200 animals that were used. Some of them include: a goat eating the script, squirrels eating parts of the scenery, a parrot yelling "cut", and a giraffe stepping on his own genitals.
D1Rep TIL about Anatahan, an island in the Pacific where where one woman reigned as a "Queen" over 30-odd Japanese soldiers who refused to believe that WWII had ended