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TIL that Woodrow Wilson's wife, Edith, was de facto president of the USA for a year and five months, making her the first de facto female US president

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Zp58G TIL the island of Camiguin in the Philippines has more volcanoes than towns
XEWpD TIL in 2013, Neil Gaiman performed a reading of “A Christmas Carol” using Charles Dickinson’s personal copy that he used specifically for live readings, complete with notes and directions, in full victorian costume. The performance was recorded (audio only) and subsequently released online. Enjoy!
DQOPD Today I learned that Stilton cheese cannot legally be made in Stilton, the village which gave the cheese its name
BwKr TIL while in the military Mr. T was ordered to cut down trees as a punishment by a sergeant. He cut down 70 trees in 3 ½ hours before a shocked major superseded the sergeant and ordered him to stop.
wLxQ8 TIL if you stand on Mercury, experiencing a day, from sunrise to sunrise, will take two full orbits around the sun, and three full rotations of the planet.