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TIL former US President Jimmy Carter (RIP) campaigned in an Allman Brothers Band t-shirt, studied Bob Dylan lyrics, and listened to Wille Nelson songs while dealing with the Iran Hostage Crisis. President Carter's son even smoked weed on the roof of the White House with Willie.

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