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TIL there are only two elected heads of state who have given birth while in office. The first was Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1990, and the second was New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in 2018. Both gave birth to a girl at both gave birth at the age of 37.

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kJpJB TIL that mathematician John von Neumann had an unusual ability to solve new problems. When presented with a problem in programming on which there had been no published literature, he said "Oh, that!", then gave a lecture of over an hour explaining how to solve it using a hitherto unconceived theory
BrVnd TIL Some believe that if children wear glasses when they are young, they won’t need them later. Others think wearing glasses as a child makes one dependent on them later. Neither is true. Children need glasses because they are genetically nearsighted, farsighted, or astigmatic
ayML TIL Despite of being an ordained minister in the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Fred Rogers never talked about religion on television or on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
e1Z4 TIL The KKK tried to to set up a kerosene-soaked cross at Spring Hill College due to its supporting the civil rights movement. When the students were alerted they chased the Klansmen away with whatever items they could use as weapons like golf clubs, tennis rackets, bricks, and softball bats.
ADk6n TIL that in 1958, an earthquake created a tsunami that was the largest wave ever known. The force of the wave removed all trees and vegetation from elevations as high as 1720 feet (524 meters) above sea level.