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TIL George Washington gave the shortest inauguration speech of all time(135 words) and John Adams waited 9 months to be sworn in for his second term as Vice President

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QNK49 TIL about sesquizygotic twins, which are neither identical nor fraternal, but a rare middle ground with a split egg and two separate sperm.
LkprV TIL Nurkhon Yuldashkojayeva was one of first 23 Uzbek dancers to perform unveiled on stage in 1923. In 2 months, aged 16, she was killed by her brother in honor-killing. The statue was built in 1967 to symbolize women's freedom but destroyed after Uzbekistan's independence in 1991 as being immoral.
x6aw7 TIL about Glynn Wolfe, who is best known for having the largest number of monogamous marriages, having married 31 different times, although one of his marriages was annulled. His shortest marriage lasted 19 days, and his longest lasted eleven years.
a86xo TIL Tobacco was hailed as a "universal remedy" for hundreds of years in Europe, widely prescribed for dozens of ailments, before its negative effects on health were proven in the 20th century.
loAG5 TIl there is one singular person still alive that was born before the Wright brothers first powered flight in December 1903