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TIL humans are the longest living land mammals

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OjBX TIL: Couples who spent $1,000 or less were 53% less likely to get divorced, while couples whose weddings cost over $20,000 had divorce rates 43% higher than average. Weddings attended by more than 200 people were 92% less likely to get divorced.
d8Pdd TIL that in 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts). The tragedy attracted international attention, and inspired Herman Melville to write his famous 1851 novel Moby-Dick.
p8X8 TIL upon being elected mayor of Reykjavík, Jón Gnarr said he would only consider working with politicians who agreed that the HBO series “The Wire” was the best thing to happen to television.
N7ye6 TIL The word 'Welsh' comes from the Proto-Germanic 'Walhaz', meaning Roman/Celtic speaker. The countries/regions of Wales (UK), Wallonia (Predominately French speaking region in Belgium), Welschland (French speaking region of Switzerland) and many others all get their name from this.
EmZP TIL a man bitten by a poisonous coral snake killed the reptile by biting off its head then used its skin as a tourniquet