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TIL in 1970 Jimmy Carter allowed a convicted murderer to work at the Governors Mansion under a work release program as a maid and later as his daughters nanny. He later volunteered as her parole officer and had her continue working for his family at the White House. She was later exonerated.

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KMWE TIL that illiterate immigrant Jews signed with a circle in lieu of their names. The Yiddish word for Circle was kikel, leading to the ethnic slur “kike”
W779A TIL when asked about her hometown in Michigan, Madonna said she misses "absolutely nothing" about it because it's filled with "basic, provincial thinking people".
JYEO1 TIL Hawaiian Pizza was invented in Ontario, Canada in 1962
neAwr TIL about the 504 Sit-in, a disability rights protest that began on April 5, 1977. People with disabilities and the disability community occupied federal buildings in the United States in order to push the issuance of long-delayed regulations regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
VBOK4 TIL Mercedes Benz, the flagship car brand of the Nazis, was named after a Jewish girl, who's grandfather was a well regarded rabbi and intellectual in the Jewish community in Vienna.