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TIL that when visiting president Jimmy Carter, Willie Nelson and the president's son, James Earl Carter III, were caught smoking weed on the roof of the White House

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Q1eM TIL there are currently 5 major components of international “Space Law”, with the overriding philosophy “whatever benefits might be accrued from outer space should be devoted to enhancing the well-being of all countries and humankind”
GAk6Q TIL: The US Presidency was technically vacant for 24 hours on March 4-5, 1849
7rekp TIL the first weight-loss surgery was to the king of Leon, Spain during the 10th century. His morbid obesity made him lose the throne so his grandmother escorted him to Cordoba where a doctor sewed his lips shut, his food only coming from a straw. He lost half his weight and reclaimed the throne.
AN7Rx TIL that 80% of animals found in Madagascar exist nowhere else on earth