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TIL Anne Bancroft, who played older cougar seductress Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate", was only 36 during filming... barely 6 years older than star Dustin Hoffman.

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5YPe9 TIL there has never been an only-child US President. Every president has had atleast one sibling.
5Qlr TIL that Vlad the Impaler stopped payment of tributes to the Turks. Turkish ambassadors went to Vlad, demanding immediate payment. Vlad, hearing that they were not prepared to remove their turbans as a mark of respect while in his presence, had the turbans nailed to their heads.
RxOa TIL There is a 100 year old cheesery up for grabs to a worthy apprentice in Canada. 80 yr old Monk is seeking an heir to pass on this special age old tradition of cheese making.
4kAxR TIL Humans are better at smelling petrichor, the scent of rain-soaked earth, than sharks are at detecting blood in the water.
4a0X TIL that x represents the unknown in Algebra only because there isn’t a ‘sh’ sound in Spanish. The Arabic word شيءٌ (shay'on, literally 'something’) was originally used to denote the unknown in a math equation. It was translated to Chi (X) when the Arabs brought Algebra to Spain.