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TIL that Rose Cleveland, who served as "acting First Lady" of the United States for 14 months while her brother Grover Cleveland was a bachelor, was a lesbian.

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b9Ddp Today I learned that the slang word “stan” originates from an Eminem song of the same name, a portmanteau of “stalker” and “fan”. The connotation was originally negative.
698n7 TIL of Aldgate Pump, a historic water pump held as marking the start of London’s East End. Long famed for its “sparkling, agreeable” water, it was later found that this rich mineral taste came from the flesh and bones of nearby cemeteries leeching into the water. The tainted water killed hundreds.
ANPGn TIL that the earliest known physical evidence of tea was discovered in 2016 in the mausoleum of Chinese Emperor Jing of Han in Xi'an, indicating that tea was drunk by Han dynasty emperors as early as the second century BC (2,200+ years ago).
j61oa TIL In early 2000 there's a blind guy named Brice Mellen who became a pro at video games like Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber 2 just by listening to the sounds, beating anyone who dared challenge him.
GYMMJ TIL the last person to ever be executed in Western Europe was killed by GUILLOTINE of all things. Hamida Djandoubi was beheaded in France in 1977.