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TIL: The Velvet Ant (“Cow Killer”) is not an ant, but actually a wingless wasp which can squeak

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v1GN8 TIL about William R. King, who was the 13th Vice President. He died of tuberculosis after only 6 weeks in office. He was also likely President Buchanan’s same sex partner.
yVGle TIL Abraham Lincoln had already seen the play “Our American Cousin” and did not like it. He went at the insistence of his wife stating, "All right, Mary, I'll go; but if I don't go down in history as the martyr President, I miss my guess."
KYJw9 TIL that firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground in 2010 because the homeowner hadn’t paid a $75 fee.
9Ygv6 TIL Cuba Gooding, Sr. was the lead singer for the band The Main Ingredient. According to Billboard, they had 5 top 10 hits with him as lead singer.
awYKb TIL that thousands of years ago, Madagascar was home to lemurs the size of gorillas