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TIL Rosalynn Carter sat in on Jimmy Carter's presidential Cabinet meetings and took notes so she would always know what was going on, and also was the first First Lady to have her own office in the East Wing.

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xXKg TIL Scientists are learning how to grow custom-made body parts so they can be ready when you and your vital organs start falling apart.
4rWJ TIL Walt Disney’s body was NOT cryonically frozen, but rather cremated on December 17, 1966, and his ashes interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.
v1l7j TIL of Dondurma, a Turkish variant of ice cream typically sold from carts, where the vendor deliberately pranks the customer before serving the actual cone
EgoQW TIL about Tige, the Presidential Cat who may have been the inspiration for the Demon Cat (D.C.) that haunts The White House and the Capitol. Whenever he would run away or go missing, it would be widely reported on the news and sometimes, search parties would be sent out for him!
nePOB TIL that since 2013 starfishes in the Pacific Ocean have been going through a deadly plague/epidemic. The disease is called Sea Star Wasting Disease which seems to be associated with a virus. It causes the starfishes to tear their limbs apart and eventually leads to their deaths.