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TIL James Buchanan is the only American president who was never married.

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XE7Pj TIL that Maryland passed the United States' first campaign finance reform law in 1811. It prohibited candidates from purchasing alcohol for voters, which was an extremely common practice at the time.
mLjp TIL that Jacqueline Kennedy’s pink Chanel suit, which was covered in blood during JFK’s assassination and remains unlaundered, will not be placed on public display until 2103
Y7YgG TIL of Marozia, who was (allegedly) the mistress of Pope Pope Sergius III, the mother of Pope John XI, the grandmother of Pope John XII and Pope Benedict VII and the great-grandmother of Pope Benedict VIII and Pope John XIX and great-great-grandmother of Pope Benedict IX
P1aZe TIL about “Umuganda,” a national holiday in Rwanda taking place on the last Saturday of every month for mandatory nationwide community work.
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