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TIL the only US Presidents who are alive are those born in hospitals; all who were not have passed away.

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VMyWk TIL the Inka never developed writing but instead had a system of tying knots called khipu in which the color, direction and structure of the knots communicated different information. While most of it is numerical, fully cracking the code reveal a phonetic khipu alphabet with records of history.
K16E TIL that many animals can communicate by vibrating the surface of earth, water or other substrates, a phenomenon known as seismic communication. Predators also use this ability to eavesdrop on their prey.
5VwAR TIL about the Crazy Horse Memorial, the World’s Largest Mountain Carving which has been actively under construction since 1948 in South Dakota
JELl TIL the professional wrestler, Big Show, quit football after his freshman year in high school, because of disputes with the coach. He continued to support the team by joining the cheerleading squad, partly from spite. He later called it “the greatest experience of my life”
Z8mea TIL: Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that does not touch the Canadian province of Ontario, and Lake Ontario is the only Great Lake that does not touch the U.S. state of Michigan.