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TIL that Jimmy Carter’s daughter Amy attended majority African American public schools in Washington while he was president, not private schools like the children of most other recent presidents

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70Jb TIL that all Pakistani passports bear the inscription “This passport is valid for all countries of the World except Israel.”
wLGWY TIL Iceland was settled first by norse people. While Old Norse (the language) changed over time and became Norwegian, no such changes happened in Iceland. So Icelandic is more or less the same as Old Norse
5PJk TIL that the first school shooting to happen in the United States was the Enoch Brown school massacre, in which 2 Delaware (Lenape) American Indians broke into a school where they shot and scalped the students and their teacher. 4 others were taken prisoner.
vPOyj TIL 'Don't Worry Be Happy' by Bobby Mcferrin is the only song in history to reach #1 on Billboard without the use of any instruments (a cappella)
DQEYv TIL after ABC executives & producers encouraged Margaret Cho to go on a crash diet, while filming her TV series All-American Girl in 1994, she lost 30 lbs (14 kg) in 2 weeks. This resulted in her hospitalization for kidney failure & led to major health issues that continued for years after the show.