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TIL that 25% of US Presidents were raised without a father.

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nWBgP TIL about The International Wizard of Oz Club. A fangroup for the Wizard of Oz books, and L. Frank Buam in general, that was founded in 1957 by Justin Schiller (13 at the time) who is still an active member. They host physical meetups twice a year and publish a physical magazine 3 times a year.
BrAYL TIL: GDP (PPP) per capita, the United States is the 15th richest country in the world
9w1vm TIL that Saint Patrick is also the patron saint of Nigeria due to Irish priests being major missionaries there in the 1890s and 1920s.
KYMn6 TIL about the Niland Geyser, a mud spring that actually moves from one place to another. Engineers even tried to stop it from impinging on the Union Pacific Railroad, but failed.
Z889Q TIL in 2013, Lufthansa offered to their Swedish customers the chance to live rent free in Berlin for a year if they legally changed their name to "Klaus Heidi". 42 Swedes did.