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TIL that John McCain was born in Panama and not the continental US. How did he run for president? After a bipartisan review and a Senate resolution, it was concluded he was a natural born citizen as at the time Panama was controlled by the US.

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gRWL TIL that when Joan Baez sent her legendary guitar to Martin Guitars for refurbishment, they discovered a message from a previous luthier which read “Too bad you are a communist”.
dZj7 TIL the odds of your father’s sperm meeting with your mother’s egg to create you is 1 in 4 quadrillion. The odds of you existing as yourself (traced back to your first ancestors) is 10^2,685.000.
lL6K TIL it’s possible for amateur radio operators to call the ISS and even get a response from an off duty astronaut
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