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TIL Kentucky has more barrels of borboun than people.

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o9Q8 TIL American women are more likely than men to prefer a male boss (40% vs 29%). 51% men are indifferent to the gender of their boss vs 32% for women.
GAZgE TIL: of Jean Thurel. A Centenarian and soldier of the French army for 75 years, Born in the reign of Louis XIV and dying during that of Napoleon. He received many honours and was noted for his fitness. He refused promotions due to his humility, staying a low-raking fusilier for his entire career.
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W6a4 TIL Ben Stein Said this about Nixon: “He was a peacemaker. He was a lying, conniving, covering up peacemaker. He was not a lying, conniving drug addict like JFK, a lying, conniving war starter like LBJ, a lying, conniving seducer like Clinton—a lying, conniving peacemaker.
16MMd TIL that between the abdication of Margrethe II of Denmark on 14 January 2024, and the election of Māori Queen, Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō on 5 September 2024, there were no female sovereigns in the world. This was the first time this had been the case in over 200 years.