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TIL that the last president to send their children to the DC public school system was Jimmy Carter.

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x60OB TIL that the hawk-eye technology, used for video assistance in sports like soccer and tennis, was first implemented in a 2001 cricket match between England and Pakistan.
dD4xQ TIL That France finished building a nuclear reactor in 1985 that never entered operation. The project cost over $4 Billion dollars, and the old nuclear facility is now a theme park.
Yp6wZ TIL of Doublethink, a process of indoctrination whereby the subject is expected to simultaneously accept two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct, often in contravention to one's own memories or sense of reality.
KO1xG TIL that the ancient greeks had the concept of sex bots.
L9YZ TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem. He declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things