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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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e0xek TIL George Washington was voted Britain’s “Greatest Enemy Commander” in a contest organized by the UK’s National Army Museum, beating out Napoleon Bonaparte, Michael Collins, Erwin Rommel, and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
MwXa TIL despite several ludicrous rumors saying he had died from a heroin overdose, been hit by a car, and even been replaced with a doppelgänger, Steve from Blue’s Clues left the show simply because he was going bald.
lvJB TIL the last surviving veteran from World War I, Florence Green, passed away last year at age 110.
KOPG6 TIL When HBO started scrambling their feed to satellite dish owners a Florida man calling himself 'Captain Midnight' overrode their satellite signal in protest
XwLQ TIL there is a butter flavoring that used to be used in microwavable popcorn that causes “popcorn lung,” a dangerous and potentially fatal lung disease. Major popcorn companies only just began disusing the chemical in 2007.