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TIL Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) was the first US President to be born in a hospital.

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OjwY TIL that Rolling Stones and Time magazine both selected “Marge vs. the Monorail” as the greatest Simpsons episode of all time. The episode’s writer: Conan O'Brien
4klb6 TIL of Bobby Leach who in 1911, was the first man and second person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He spent six months recovering from his injuries—only to later die from gangrene after slipping on an orange peel and injuring his leg in 1926.
AD99l TIL Abraham Lincoln had an incredibly high-pitched voice that was described as shrill, sharp, and unpleasant.
KONbR TIL the term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Communist Bloc. NATO represented the First World, while the Communist Bloc represented the Second World.
kOxE4 TIL in 1953 four editors from the Harvard Crimson newspaper stole a birdsh*t covered ibis statue from their rival- the Harvard Lampoon. The editors talked their way into a meeting with the Soviet Ambassador, and gifted the ibis to the USSR as ‘symbol of the universality of the search for truth'