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TIL That Americans speak English totally different from each other

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9Yl7Q TILL couples who spend $20,000 or more on their wedding are 1.6x as likely to divorce than average, and those who spend less than $1,000 have a lower chance of divorce.
X0rGj TIL that the Isles of Scilly and the Netherlands were in a bloodless war for 335 years, which officially ended in 1986
nW6BW TIL that while Rocky won the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Director, Sylvester Stallone didn't win any Oscars for it even though he wrote it and starred in it
oBYjL TIL that for Cleopatra, the time of construction of the pyramids in Giza is more remote than our present day.
VMNRk TIL there was a direct bus service from London to Calcutta (now Kolkata) until 1976. It stopped in multiple cities enroute for passengers to shop.