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TIL Jimmy Carter put his peanut farm in a blind trust to avoid a conflict of interest during his presidency.

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QJLye TIL that at his last session with Pink Floyd Syd Barrett wrote a new song called "Have You Got It Yet?" Seemingly easy at first, the song quickly became impossible to learn as Barrett changed the arrangement every take. Eventually, the band realized it was an elaborate joke by the deranged Barrett.
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1VkX TIL that work on the first commercial home video game console began in 1966. There was a working prototype completed by 1968, and it was released in 1972 as the Magnavox Odyssey.
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