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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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Wkl8A TIL in 2017, a group of poachers broke into France's Thoiry Zoo Rhino enclosure, killed a rhino named Vince, and sawed off one of its horn using a chainsaw.
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R5YRQ TIL that people with severe aphasia (language loss from left brain damage) often retain the ability to swear normally even when they've lost most other speech abilities.