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TIL: One out of every four animals on Earth is a beetle

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J1aOv TIL two U.S. First Ladies remarried after the deaths of their President husbands. Frances Cleveland was 49 when she married Thomas Preston. She died 35 years later. Jackie Kennedy was 39 when she married Aristotle Onassis. He died 6 years later. Both are buried with their President husbands.
xVYD TIL the probability of a song becoming a hit can be estimated by using an algorithm.
axZM TIL that in Iceland, the phonebook is sorted by first names because everyone’s surname is basically their father’s first name followed by -son or -dottir
Oo4dX TIL that none of Pulp Fiction's main stars (John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis) were Tarantino's first choices for their characters.
jPjn TIL singer Enrico Caruso’s voice was unique & versatile. During an opera, the basso who was to sing, whispered ‘I’ve lost my voice’. Caruso replied, 'Move your lips & I’ll sing for you’. With back turned to the audience, Caruso sang for him. The audience cheered, not knowing Caruso sang it.