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TIL James Buchanan was likely the first gay POTUS.

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aBQ0 TIL: Usain Bolt ate nothing but chicken nuggets while he was in Beijing because that was “the only thing he knew” and won 3 gold medals
MervW TIL that James Buchanan, the 15th US president, continuously bought slaves with his own money in order to free them.
kJ67W TIL about the Spiegel affair, 1962 West German political incident in which the country's Minister of Defense arrested the chief editor of a magazine for writing an article critical of the nation's military.
wo8EY TIL Peter Cancro bought the first Jersey Mike's Sub Shop in 1971 when he was 17 years old. He got help from his football coach to get the loan. 52 years later he is still the CEO with over 2000 locations.
X0m8D TIL that most of Ireland learned the format of seasons based on tradition, and not science, meaning the majority of Irish people categorize different months to different seasons than the rest of the world