Post * ea5E — Curious Curator

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TIL A hotel chain has resident dogs who greet guests in the lobby, accompany them on walks and to make them feel at home.

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9LRr TIL that in addition to being fluent in English, Greek, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish, Thomas Jefferson also studied Arabic, Gaelic and Welsh, and remains the most multilingual President of the United States.

QNW4d TIL that two US presidents had the US House of Representatives decide the election by one vote. They were Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and John Quincy Adams in 1824. In both situations, the Electoral College was deadlocked.

enp4 TIL recently bankrupted NFL player Vince Young would routinely spend $5k at chain restaurants like TGI Fridays and Cheesecake Factory.

69Pm7 TIL of the 1862 Nueces Massacre in Texas, when 96 Confederate soldiers killed 37 German-Texan Unionists who were attempting to flee to Mexico, and slaughtering 9 Germans who were badly wounded in the fight, marking the end to overt German Unionist resistance in Texas for the remainder of the war.

wLKkP TIL Comedian Hannibal Burress couldn't attend the Spider-Man: Homecoming, so he hired a "look-a-like" to go in his place.