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R50Da TIL Celine Dion met her future husband when she was 12 and he was 38, when he became her manager.
d84Nr TIL that the name "white rhino" came from a miscommunication: Englishmen mistook the Dutch word "wijde" (wide) for white. White rhinos and black rhinos are actually the same color, grey.
J1DDB TIL that in 1916 Jeannette Rankin became the first woman in Congress, representing Montana. She ran and won again in 1940, and no woman has represented Montana at a Federal level since.
grAD7 TIL that Arch Hall Sr. (who is known for cult classics such as Eegah and The Sadist) was an honorary member of the Sioux tribe, and he received an Indian funeral when he died.
xx97 TIL 500,000 baseball bats were sold in Russia last year. Only one pair of batting gloves were purchased.