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TIL that Jimmy Carter once left the codes required to initiate a nuclear attack in a jacket he sent to the dry cleaners

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eprRb TIL that Alberta King, Martin Luther King Jr's mother was shot and killed while playing the organ at a church service. Her killer was sentenced to death, however, the King family—consistent in their commitment to nonviolence—successfully campaigned to have his sentence commuted to life in prison.
ne55B TIL of the Webb Institute, a college in New York with about 90 student that offers only one academic route, a double major in naval architecture and marine engineering.
l7Q0N TIL The National Sleep Foundation recommends 8–10 hours of sleep for teens, but its 2024 Sleep in America Poll found that less than 2 in 10 U.S. teens reported getting that amount, and teens who started school before 8:30am had higher levels of depressive symptoms than those who started later.
BnQx TIL that HSBC was caught laundering money again, again, and again, of the collusion of the biggest banks that caused Trillions of dollars of damages (the LIBOR scandal) as well as that they are unanimously deemed as “too big to jail”.
kKxm TIL that in Japan, it is acceptable to take a nap on a strangers shoulder on a train