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TIL the odds of divorce are lowest with zero or one premarital [sex] partners

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4XeWw TIL of Joachim Neander - latin for "New Man"- a 17th century pastor who composed music inspired by a small German valley. That valley would be the site of the discovery of a new species of hominid called Neanderthal.
7nKL TIL that 28 US states have an official state beverage. 21 of those 28 chose milk. Alabama chose whiskey.
PD8E TIL: There is a 500-year-old Beer Purity Law still in effect today in Germany. It was decreed on April 23, 1516, by Munich’s Duke Wilhelm, protecting the country’s beer drinkers from contaminants, chemicals and any other additives that unsavory merchants might have thought of adding.
MenK8 TIL of Leonarda Emilia, a 19th Century Mexican bandit. After her lover was sentenced to death, she became an outlaw and took the name La Carambada, meaning "The Amazing Lady." After robbing men she would flash them, so they felt ashamed at being bested by a woman.
78ZRr TIL that green, black, pu'erh and oolong teas are all from the leaves of same plant, but are the result of different processing.