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TIL that former West Virginia Governor Cecil Underwood holds the unique distinction of being the states youngest and oldest governor. He was first elected in 1956 at the age of 34, decided against running in 1960, and then successfully ran for a second term forty years later at the age of 74.

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8owL TIL 47,000 Quaking Aspen trees in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, United States, have been shown to be a single clone connected by the root system. It is sometimes considered the world’s largest organism by mass, covering 106 acres
dw5j TIL on this day in 1659, the Massachusetts Bay Colony executed 2 people for being Quakers. King Charles II then banned such executions and called for greater religious tolerance.
XGk TIL Jack Whites real name is John Gillis and took Meg White’s (drummer of White Stripes) last name when they got married. A year later they formed The White Stripes.
V61B TIL that Woody Allen’s Oscar-winning script, “Midnight in Paris,” began as just a title he liked for a film. So, rather than coming up with a title for a written film, he wrote the film only after coming up with the title; it took several months for the film’s idea to come to him and fit the title.
d8m07 TIL a fire at Universal Studios in 2008 destroyed an entire archive warehouse, including 50,000 films and the original audio masters for up to 500,000 songs.