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TIL James Buchanan was likely the first gay POTUS.

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yVjnX TIL that a Gnostic Sect believed that Cain was the first victim of the evil creator deity from the Old Testament. With this, they sided with those believed to be persecuted such as the Sodomites and believed in breaking the laws held within the Old Testament to find escape from the material world.
XEpRR TIL skilled archers can shoot arrows so they turn in the air, hitting targets behind obstacles
gMB5X TIL there is a 2001 Volvo stuck on a tiny island in Ottawa, Illinois
GpE5 TIL when Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that he rests with his brave and devoted soldiers.
dKMB TIL that in Korea and some other Asian countries, when you are born, you are considered one year old and everyone’s age increases one year on New Years. So if you were born on December 29th, on New years day, you will be considered 2 years old.