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TIL of the 31 US Presidents who have held military rank, 30 of them were officers. The only enlistedman among them was President Buchanan, who was a private in the War of 1812

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KE6a TIL Carl Sagan was not an Atheist stating “An atheist is someone who is certain that God does not exist, someone who has compelling evidence against the existence of God. I know of no such compelling evidence.” However he was not religious.
oMBr TIL the average cloud weighs about 1.1 million pounds.
0wdrM At least 400 science articles cite nonexistent ‘phantom’ study.
5YvR8 TIL about Supreme Court Judge Joseph Force Crater, who became the "missingest man in New York," when he disappeared on the streets of Manhattan in 1930. On the day he destroyed several documents, shifted portfolios to his 5th Ave apartment and withdrew $5000. He was declared legally dead in 1939.
E1xlo TIL Neanderthals’ tracheal anatomy suggests they had high-pitched, raspy voices, like Julia Child.