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TIL President Rutherford B. Hayes owned the first Siamese kitten to reach America.

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J1jwl TIL Patsy Kensit, well-known singer and actress of the 80s, started her career as a child actor and was married four times that each did not last longer than four years. She was married to other musicians of which are famous vocalists Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) and Liam Gallagher (Oasis).
KYXw9 TIL that the saloon and general store from Fallout: New Vegas' starting zone, Goodsprings, actually exist
wgg7 TIL the phrase “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” was popularized by Listerine in ads featuring a lovelorn woman unable to find a husband due to her halitosis. The same ad coined the term “halitosis.”
X00eX TIL the last monolingual Irish speaker died in 1998
Eg1bw TIL The Wright Brothers only flew together on the same flight one time, a six-minute flight on May 25th, 1910. They promised their father, Milton, they would never fly together to avoid the chance of a double tragedy and to ensure one brother would remain to continue their flight experiments.