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TIL as a U.S. Navy officer, Jimmy Carter helped clean up after the first nuclear reactor accident in Canada in 1952

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nlnr TIL The movie “This is Spinal Tap” is the only movie on imdb rated on a 1 to 11 Rating Scale due to the joke in the movie about the Amps going up to 11.
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