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TIL President Carter sent his daughter to a majority black public school when in office.

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rNaZe TIL Amazon can be quite clever. Amazon's Prime Days are July 11th and 12th. July 11th is 7/11. Both of those numbers are prime. Further, July 12th is the 193rd say of the year. That number is also prime.
XEa0k TIL Military scientists belive spider silk can be used to make body armor.
nepPB TIL That police officers involved in the search for buried victims of the 'Moors murders' would shove metal rods into the ground and sniff the end to see if it smelt of 'death'.
yQmmv Today I Learned about migratory beekeeping, the practice of using beehives to pollinate crops. Millions of bees are transported across America each year to pollinate avocados, cherries, apples, melons, lettuce and other crops. For this reason, many American vegetables are not strictly vegan.
oLXL TIL On April Fool’s Day 1998, Burger King published an advertisement for “Left-Handed Whopper”. The condiments of this whopper were supposed to be rotated 180 degrees, as to avoid spilling out toppings from the right side of the burger. It was said to be the “ultimate ‘Have-it-your-way’ for lefties”