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TIL that president James Buchanan was the only “ single” president. And a 2012 essay sociologist Jim Loewen wrote, “There can be no doubt that James Buchanan was gay, before, during, and after his four years in the White House.

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A7nw TIL that the solution of the Monty Hall problem (that asks to pick one of three doors to win a car, the picked door remains closed and the third one opens, then asks if you want to switch or not) is so counterintuitive that mathematician Paul Erdos was unconvinced until he saw a simulation of it
oBNVA TIL that Trey Parker and Matt Stone lost the Oscar for Best Song to Phil Collins in 1999. As a result they brutally satirized him in the episode “Timmy 2000.” They have him sing a parody of “You’ll Be In My Heart,” get booed off stage, and then had his Oscar shoved up his ass.
BgMPe TIL that psychobilly pioneer Hasil Adkins had a tradition of mailing a copy of each single he released to the sitting president of the United States. In 1970 Richard Nixon wrote back, saying “I am very pleased by your thoughtfulness in bringing these particular selections to my attention.”
VMKwZ TIL that before 1954, stop signs used to be yellow with black lettering. This was because there was no red dye that would not fade over time. However, by 1954, sign makers began using a fade-resistant porcelain enamel, and it was declared that stop signs would be red with white lettering.
wZm7 TIL a person with $20,000 in student loans paying at a 6% interest rate will pay almost $100 per month in interest alone, or more than $3 per day