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TIL Jimmy Carter betrayed the Shah and worked directly with Imam Khomeini long before the Iranian Revolution, guaranteeing Khomeini's future rule and avoiding a royal military counter-coup, in exchange for protecting US oil interests in Iran

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MebJ0 TIL more scuba divers have died over the years diving the wreck of the USS San Diego than the number of crew killed in its sinking.
67BJ TIL that a year after its initial publication in 1908, Theodore Roosevelt (then-president of the U.S.), loved the children’s book “The Wind in the Willows” so much that he wrote the author saying that he had “read it, reread it, and have come to accept the characters as old friends”.
MVPa TIL that the word ACME commonly found in Looney Tunes shows stands for “A Company (that) Makes Everything”
b96p TIL that a Japanese porno called The Naked Continent Charity Project, which depicts pornstars travelling to villages in developing and having sex with natives, donated $10,000 and donates $10 for every DVD sold, to a charity that helps orphans in western Kenya.
jNj9X TIL infamous streaker, Mark Roberts, was sponsored by GoldenPalace.com to streak Super Bowl 38. He was paid $1 million, given front row tickets on the 50-yard line, and provided with one of the best defense attorneys in the US who was able to reduce his charges down to a misdemeanor and $1,000 fine.