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TIL Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is 27 and married with a 32 year age gap

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rN0 TIL: In 1976 there was a wine tasting in Paris that blindly compared Californian wines to French wines. California won and the lone reporter covering the event was blacklisted for reporting it.
XkrE TIL Hydrangea flowers are a naturally occurring pH indicator, turning pink in basic soil and blue in acidic soil
nWJQb TIL Air Force One has had more takeoffs than landings. When Gerald Ford was sworn in, the aircraft SAM 27000 was airborne with Nixon onboard. As a result, the callsign changed from Air Force One to SAM 27000 mid-flight.
rg4x TIL the French secret service planted mines on a Greenpeace ship, sinking it and killing one person.
Z8bBR TIL NGC Magazine in the UK was so tired of people complaining about the low score they gave Star Fox Adventures that they gave away a sticker for pasting over the old score. This way those complaining wouldn't have to look at the low review score. This took the game from 72% up to 98%.