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TIL the US has had four presidential yachts in its history

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rv40 TIL NY’s Statue of Liberty is legally married (under Nevada’s laws) to Christopher Columbus monument in Barcelona, Spain.
QJjJk TIL Bryan Cranston did a Preparation H commercial in the 80s.
JYKm8 TIL that it wasn’t until 1935 that a manufacturer was able to promise “splinter-Free Toilet Paper.”
5YNX9 TIL there is a song in written specifically to sound like a Wings song for the 2008 film Role Models. The song was sang by a Paul McCartney impersonator and referenced to as a real Wings tune throughout the film.
AN1wg TIL Sisyphus, doomed to roll a boulder forever, wasn’t a victim - he was an evil manipulative king who killed guests and unhonourably cheated Death. His punishment was for his calculated cruelty, a way of saying, there you go, you beat death, enjoy your eternity.