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TIL All 3 of Antoine Greizmann’s (French soccer player) kids were born on the same day but in different years. 8 April 2016, 2019 and 2021.

9YXEm TIL Franziska Donner, the First Lady of the Republic of Korea from 1948 until 1960, was Austrian. She met Syngman Rhee at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Despite a significant gap in age and backgrounds, as well as familial opposition on her part, they were married the following year in New York
ep8lb TIL that the father of Jim Morrison (singer of the 1960s rock band The Doors) was Admiral George Stephen Morrison, the naval officer who commanded during the Bay of Tonkin incident, which was used as justification for American involvement in the Vietnam War
PY8Xw TIL of John Carpenter, the first person to win on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire". He didn't use any Lifelines until the final question when he called his dad only to say that he didn't actually need any help, and just wanted to tell him that he was about to win a million dollars.
ANKXa TIL that Lenore Zann, the voice actress of Rogue in "X-Men: The Animated Series" and "X-Men '97", was a member of Canada's Parliament for two years and spent 10 years in Nova Scotia's House of Assembly
XElyE TIL outside the states of Indiana, California and Washington State, it is perfectly legal to bury grandma in the back yard. While some restrictions apply, such as distance from water or depth of the grave, the other 47 states allow you to bury the dead on your own private property if you wish.