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Ng1E TIL Abraham Lincoln was the first cat owner to become president.
Gn85 TIL rage comics are used to teach English to foreigners due to their simplicity and easy to understand expressions.
VEop TIL that Mandy Patinkin (aka Inigo Montoya) sustained only one injury on the set of The Princess Bride: a bruised rib, from laughing too hard at Billy Crystal.
J1MXv TIL that after Freddie Mercury died, his parents burned (almost) all his belongings in accordance with his religion, Zoroastrianism. His stamp collection resides at The Postal Museum.
vPVXD TIL that in 2017 all GPS coordinates in Australia were shifted 1.8 m to account for continental drift since the last update in 1994. Moving north 7 cm a year, the Australian plate is one of the fastest-drifting plates in the world