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TIL Amy Carter (daughter of President Jimmy Carter), has been arrested 4 times: three times for protesting against Apartheid and once for protesting against CIA recruitment in college

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dDZpr TIL Edgar Allen Poe was inspired to write his famous poem 'The Raven' by an actual, taxidermized raven that was once owned by Charles Dickens. it is now on display in the the Free Library of Philadelphia.
b6y8j TIL An Alaskan town celebrates Independence Day by launching cars off a cliff
lj7A TIL pickpockets will sometimes yell “someone stole my wallet” so everyone around them pats their wallets, revealing the pocket valuables are held in.
4D7a TIL that there’s a town in Spain that recognizes cats and dogs as equal right citizens
xKmw TIL at it’s top speed of 254 MPH, the Bugatti Veyron averages only 3 MPG.