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TIL Jefferson Davis, president of the confederacy, was 19 years older than his second wife when they married. On their honeymoon, he took her to his dead first wife’s grave. Charmer.

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4kLRo TIL The phrase “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” came from an advertising slogan created by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and R&R Partners in 2003. They hoped to rebrand Vegas as a place where visitors could let loose. The original phrase was “what happens here, stays here.”
9DGm TIL Canadian Thanksgiving predates American Thanksgiving by 43 years
QNPvM TIL Ralph Lazo was the only non-Japanese American who voluntarily relocated to a World War II Japanese American internment camp. He was 17 years old and spent two years in internment.
rR6a4 TIL The person who created and wrote great shows such as 'Parks and Recreation', 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and The Good Place is Dwight's weird cousin Mose from 'The Office US'
e0dWg TIL Pablo Escobar has official merch. He even has his own line of smartphones called the Escobar Fold 2. His holding company, Escobar Inc., is currently being run by his brother, former head of assassinations for the Medellin cartel Roberto Escobar.