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TIL The owner of the world's oldest cat (Creme Puff, 38, 1967 - 2005) also owned the world's sixth-oldest cat (Granpa Rexs Allen, 34, 1964-1998)

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Mev5W TIL that rainbows have cousins. Fogbows appear when water droplets suspended in the air are so small that the diffraction of light is negligible, hence appearing white. It also causes the arc to be steeper. They’re sometimes known as ghost rainbows or white rainbows.
Eg17o TIL The Last Emperor in the WORLD is Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan. No other living Monarch still uses the title.
KYABE TIL American writer Jack Kerouac served on SS Dorchester which was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 3 February 1943. Kerouac would have also been on the ship during the attack, but for a telegram he received from coach Lou Little, asking him to return to Columbia University to play football.
ABon TIL Bob Marley was burried with his red Gibson Les Paul guitar, a Bible opened at Psalm 23, and a stalk of ganja placed there by his widow, Rita
KYVLB TIL there are five operating Kmart locations remaining. One runs out of the former Garden section of their Kendale Lakes, Florida location. One is in Guam. The other three are in the Virgin Islands.