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TIL on his second day in office Jimmy Carter issued unconditional pardons to hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War draft dodgers

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1EJD TIL: Scientists used the frozen sperm from a Black-Footed Ferret who had been dead for 20 years to successfully produce offspring. The Black-Footed Ferret is a critically endangered species.
gM4gy TIL of Hurrem Sultana aka Roxelana. She was captured during a slave raid by the Crimean Tatars & taken to the harem of the Ottoman Empire. She rose through the ranks & eventually married Suleiman the Magnificent. She broke tradition as the Sultan only married noble ladies prior.
8e9lK TIL that after DVD technology was developed, the first Hollywood feature-film chosen for release in that format was Twister (1996).
yVGmv TIL the critically panned Batman and Robin film was going to have a sequel called Batman Unchained and were planning on bringing Madonna or Courtney Love as Harley Quinn in her live-action debut.
bOW9 TIL that Louis Armstrong’s hit, “What a Wonderful World”, made him the oldest male ever to top the charts.