In the United States, a divorce takes place roughly every 13.2 seconds, totaling about 277 divorces per hour, 6,646 per day, 46,523 per week, and a staggering 2,419,196 per year, highlighting the prevalence of divorce in the society.

In the brief time it takes for a couple to exchange their wedding vows, which typically lasts about 2 minutes, approximately 9 divorces occur in the United States.

This means that during the average 5-hour wedding ceremony, roughly 1,385 divorces take place. The topic of divorce has received extensive attention, with numerous studies exploring various factors influencing
relationships and divorce rates.

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A Chinese start-up has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, which simultaneously move when replaying kisses received.

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In Egypt around 1500 B.C., a shaved head was considered the ultimate in feminine beauty. Egyptian women removed every hair from their heads with special gold tweezers and polished their scalps to a high sheen with buffing cloths.

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A Californian couple named Helen & Les Brown were both born on December 31st, 1918. They married for 75 years and both lived to the age of 94 until they both died in 2013, one day apart.


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In Ancient Rome, condemned prisoners would be executed onstage when they needed "actors" for death scenes in theater performances.

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Not only is it possible for women to get pregnant while already pregnant, but they can also get pregnant from two men at the same time.

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Brazil prohibits the arrest of persons under the age of 18. Therefore, the police arrested this guy right at his birthday party, after singing "Happy Birthday" to him.

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Cataplexy is a rare sleep disorder that causes sufferers to fall asleep whenever they laugh.

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Iceland has such a low crime rate that tourists sometimes spend the night in empty cells of local prisons who have not found a better place to sleep.

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Vladmir Komarov, The man who fell from space in 1967.

A parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry on 24 April 1967, making him the first human to die in a space flight.


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Swiss researchers have identified a potential link between mobile phone use and reduced sperm counts in
young men.

The study was published in the journal- Fertility and Sterility & analyzed semen samples from over 2,800 participants.

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A Dolphin named Peter, fell in love with an adult Female Human and committed suicide after the two were separated.

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The Wood frog can hold its pee for up to eight months.

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Every year, nearly four million cats are eaten in China as a delicacy. Even though most Chinese people don't eat cats or dogs, as many as four million cats a year are estimated to be killed for the meat trade.

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On the day of South Korea's university entrance exams, the entire country goes quiet.

Shops close, construction stops, and planes are grounded - so that students can focus on their exams.

Students that are late can even get a police escort to make sure they make it in time.

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In Norway, to change your last name to one that fewer than 200 people have, you must ask permission from everyone that has that name.

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Photographer Claudio Picci took this amazing shot for the 2020 International Photography Awards

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