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TIL that bachelor President James Buchanan had a 10 year relationship with a man. Andrew Jackson noted the relationship by calling them “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”.

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7nJO TIL that after the entire national Soviet hockey team was killed in an airplane crash in 1950, Stalin’s son Vasily, the manager of the team, covered up the disaster and replaced everyone on the team to avoid his father’s wrath. Stalin never noticed.
dDv7B TIL Russell Crowe once hired Nick Cave to write a sequel to Gladiator. The script involved Maximus waking up in the afterlife and being tasked by the Gods to track down and defeat the Greek god of volcanoes. He also time travels to the present day and an emperor's giraffe gets struck by lightning.
ZrPp TIL that there is a bell in Oxford University library that hasn’t stopped ringing for 175 years. Researchers are afraid that opening the bell would ruin an experiment to see how long it will last.
Vmdk TIL Avocados are an example of evolutionary anachronism. They evolved in order to attract megafauna. A large animal would eat the fruit and carry the seed in its digestive system.
m10Av TIL Known as "the mensch who saved Christmas," CEO Aaron Feuerstein rose to global prominence for paying workers after their factory burned down before Christmas. The company spent $25 million on repairs & employee salaries by the time it reopened. Five years later, the company filed for Chapter 11.