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TIL that President Martin Van Buren is the first and only US President to speak English as a second language, being Dutch his first. He is also the first president that was born after America's Independence from the United Kingdom.

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y4GM TIL Australia’s explorers Hume and Hovell, fought constantly during their historical 1824 expedition. They agreed to split up, dividing equipment and cutting the tent in half but physically fought over the frying pan. It fell apart, with one man taking the pan itself and the other taking the handle.
epA7D TIL McDonald French Fries contains beef flavoring
QJWra TIL Ireland threw away its piece of moon rock estimated to be worth millions. "It's still there under a couple of tonnes of trash. That could definitely be worth over $5m (£3.1m). I'll tell you where it's at. It's in the Finglas landfill dump in Dublin," Gutheinz says.
OVaR TIL that today, January 20th is National Good Day Day, per Ice Cube’s “Today Was A Good Day”
X0XxE TIL Years ago, when two children were born within 12 months of each other, people called them "Irish twins." When a mom had three kids within three years, they were called "Irish triplets." This was due to a derogatory stereotype of poor Irish Catholic families having lots of kids close together.