THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2019
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Facts You Probably Don’t Need
Fern collecting was such a hot fad in the Victorian era that it even had a name: pteridomania.
been elected: James Buchanan and Grover Cleveland.
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Facts from Sean McVeigh, factologist.
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