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7 things I did not know last week

A week on a calendar
  1. Swans mate for life but cheat on partners.
  2. Kissing reduces chances of cavities.
  3. Hybristophiliacs are sexually aroused by people who have committed cruel or outrageous crimes.
  4. The bisexual pride flag has pink and blue bands with an overlapping purple one in the middle.
  5. Divorce was common in ancient Rome but only became legal in Italy in 1970, and was almost abolished in a referendum in 1974.
  6. Male homosexuality is still illegal in the Turkish republic of Northern Cyprus, although no gay man has ben arrested since 2001 and there is a pending law to make it legal.
  7. Liu Yang-wan's 86-year marriage to Liu Yung-yang was the longest registered with the Guinness Book of World Records.

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