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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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RaW1 TIL there is a constructed language named Kēlen which was made as an attempt to create a truly “non-human” language.
XELG8 TIL Pilot fish can form sort of symbiotic relationships with sharks to the point where if their shark is caught, the pilot fish will follow the boat that took it and become distressed when it can't find it or isn't near its "host" shark.
Armw TIL When Joan Crawford died, her long time rival Bette Davis said:“You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good … Joan Crawford is dead. Good.”
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XGEj TIL In the entire Lord of the Rings film trilogy, no two female characters ever speak to each other.