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TIL actor and rapper Ludacris still drives a ‘93 Acura Legend

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0dov TIL President William McKinley always wore a red carnation on his lapel for good luck. He was assassinated in 1901 just minutes after giving it to a 12-year-old girl.
E1jxP TIL that Beethoven didn't know how to read a metronome and that's why his tempo indications are slower than what feels right (+-12bpm). After decades of theorising about it, turns out he was just writing down the number on the bottom of the metronome's upper weight, not the top.
6EM8Y Today I learned there was a West Virginia Woman, Sarah Brandon, who gave birth to 16 sons that were in the Civil War, 14 for the Union and 2 for the Confederacy.
epROJ TIL that the top 3 causes of death among Gen X'ers are cancer, heart disease, and unintentional injury. Liver disease and diabetes are also in the top 10.
keBE TIL that between 1910 and 1926 Portugal had 44 governments, 20 military takeovers, and 12 presidents.