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TIL Actor Alan Cumming has his own fragrance, shower gel, moisturizer, and candle called; Cumming, Cumming Clean, Cumming All Over and Cumming in the Air, respectively.

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p8bwp TIL of Francis Salvador – elected to South Carolina’s Provincial Congress in 1774, he’s considered the first member of the Jewish faith to hold elective office in America. Killed in a joint Loyalist/Cherokee ambush in 1776, he became the first Jewish soldier to die for the Patriot cause.

O9XX TIL Eye movement in music reading is an extremely complex phenomenon that involves a number of unresolved issues in psychology. Despite some 30 studies in this area over the past 70 years, little is known about the underlying patterns of eye movement in music reading.

BrXRx TIL siblings born within a year of each other are called "Irish twins", which was a derogatory term referring to poor Catholic families with many successive children

m10Av TIL Known as "the mensch who saved Christmas," CEO Aaron Feuerstein rose to global prominence for paying workers after their factory burned down before Christmas. The company spent $25 million on repairs & employee salaries by the time it reopened. Five years later, the company filed for Chapter 11.

XEwOQ TIL that a child prince from the Khwarezmian Empire was sold as a slave after the Mongols invaded their land and killed his family. He arrived in Egypt and rose among the ranks until he became Sultan. He then served the Mongols one of their first major defeats in history. A Historical turning point.