There are
100 divorces every hour
in the U.S.
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A third of all divorce filings of 2011 in the U.S. contained the word "Facebook."
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The world's most expensive divorce was estimated at US$2.5 billion.
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A 99-year-old man divorced his 96-year-old wife after 77 years of marriage because he discovered an affair she had in the 1940s.
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No U.S. president
has been elected
after being divorced
except for Ronald Reagan.
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The average divorcee
takes almost
18 months to get
over the split.
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Couples who live together before engagement have a higher divorce rates than those who wait.
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First marriages that end in a divorce usually last approximately 8 years.
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Einstein's
Nobel Prize money
went to his ex-wife
as a divorce settlement.
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Divorce is illegal in the Philippines.
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75%
of people who marry partners from an affair eventually divorce.
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People who endure more than 45-minute commute are 40% more likely to divorce.
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Phil Collins divorced his second wife by fax.
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In 2007, A Bosnian couple divorced after discovering both had an online affair with each other under fake names.
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Whatsapp is cited in nearly half of all Italian divorce proceedings.
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Couples who spend more money on their wedding have a higher divorce rates, a study found.
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Arguing about money is the top predictor of divorce, a study found.
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In Islam, a man may divorce his wife three times, taking her back up after the first two times.
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Mail-order marriages are less likely to end in divorce than marriages overall in the U.S., a study found.
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Ronald Reagan
was the only
U.S. president
to have been divorced.
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Only about 1 in 100 marriages in India end in divorce, one of the lowest rates in the world.
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In Malaysia, it's legal to divorce your partner via text message.
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In the UK, if you name the person your spouse was unfaithful with on your divorce papers, they will get copies of the paperwork.
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People who frown in photos are 5 times more likely to get a divorce than those who smile, research says.
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Couples in which one partner spends 10+ hours more than usual at work divorce at twice the average rate.
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Every nation in the world allows its residents to divorce under some conditions except the Philippines and the Vatican City.
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