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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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4X8r6 TIL: The violin played on the Titanic by Wallace Hartley was found and is now considered to be one of the most well preserved artifacts of the ships sinking.
9YmAB TIL despite Theodore Roosevelt giving his name to the “Teddy Bear” after refusing to kill one, his sons Kermit and Theodore Jr. are the first westerners to have shot a Giant Panda.
dDk0Q TIL that only 144 people live in Ellesmere, the 10th largest island in the world
9jd7 TIL that Harvard professor Roger Fisher proposed implanting nuclear launch codes in a volunteer so that the President would have to kill an innocent person before firing. The Pentagon rejected the idea fearing the President would not go through with it even if it was necessary.
E1YAX TIL That No Number From 1 to 999 Contains the Letter A in Its Spelling (Word Form)