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TIL No US president was an only child

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NDo1 TIL that a Filipino Senator once spoke for 18 straight hours to stall for time while waiting for a member of his party to arrive to cast the deciding vote on the control of the Senate. After the outspoken Senator was done, the arriving senator voted against his own party.
KOdN9 TIL Irish golfer Adam Rolston set up a 2,000 km golf hole across Mongolia. The hole was par 14,000 and took 80 days to finish. He finished the game 6,000 strokes over par.
m11wo TIL Nintendo's Mario was created with a mustache to remove the need to animate his mouth and was labeled Italian because mustaches were attributed to Italians at the time.
d8V1K TIL that the two founders of Pizza Hut sold the business to Pepsi in 1977, and one of the founders then became a prolific Papa John's franchisee, owning 133 locations by the year 2001.
1MQD TIL Russia didn’t consider beer to be alcohol until 2011. It was previously classified as a soft drink.