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TIL The President of the United States Does Not Have to Go Through the Stringent Process of Obtaining a Top Secret Clearance. They have access to all classified information without any kind of vetting process.

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NXn8e TIL that Steve Jobs had tendency to eat only one or two foods, like carrots or apples, for weeks at a time
dDAx7 TIL The famous "rods from god" concept of a space-based weapons system of orbiting tungsten rods was developed by science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle.
neBP9 TIL that the game craps is called craps because the name derives from the French word crapaud, meaning toad, where players would squat down in the streets like toads
16aX7 TIL that your clavicle doesn’t complete it’s growth until 23-25
a8Jjy TIL that Irishwoman Christian Davies was the first woman to be admitted to the British Army retirement home Royal Hospital Chelsea in 1717, after serving in the British Army from 1693 to 1706 while disguised as a man