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TIL that President Jimmy Carter placed his peanut farm in a blind trust when he was elected president. After his term ended, he found that it had been badly mismanaged and he was $1 million in debt.

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D1X5e TIL Research: staying at home with kids is harder than going to work. The study included about 1500 parents, who had different jobs. The results of the study indicated that: 31% confirmed that taking care of children at home is more difficult than going to work;
R7OBQ Today I learned giraffes are frequently struck and killed by lightening strikes due to their towering height.
R1r1 TIL Cats domesticated themselves 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.
PmYV TIL: Ligers continue growing throughout their entire lives due to a genetic disorder called growth dysplasia. They grow twice the size of their Tiger mama’s and Lion papa’s. The largest cat in the world is a 922lb Liger.
5a7B TIL that in 1983, the average life expectancy for a person with Down Syndrome was only 25 years old. It is now 60 years old.