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TIL the longest American Presidential Inauguration was William Henry Harrison; over 2 hours and 8000+ words. He died a month later of pneumonia.

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nW6kB TIL Robert Shaw, who played Quint in Jaws, died at age 51 when he was driving with his wife and son in Ireland. He suddenly got ill, stopped the car, got out and collapsed on the roadside.
EllV TIL the term “Politically Correct” was originally used within the Communist Party in Stalinist Russia to describe which opinions on government were appropriate to hold and which were not.
Jg41 TIL there is a spike in break-ups that occurs before Valentines Day, Spring Break, Summer, and the holidays.
lR7B TIL Confederate cavalry general Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. He quit the group less than two years later. In 1875 he was invited to give a speech before an organization of black Southerners advocating racial reconciliation and equality. (Speech in Comments)
l78bA TIL that to save on music licensing fees when the TV comedy WKRP was syndicated, not only were the licensed songs eliminated but they had to use "soundalike" voice actors to dub over the dialog where songs and actors were heard at the same time.