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Today I learned that all of Jimmy Carter’s siblings died because of pancreatic cancer, including their father.

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8aLK8 TIL that equisetum, or puzzlegrass, inspired the invention of logarithms
XEg7k TIL about Charles Curtis, the first and only Native American Vice President of the United States
4NMo TIL The oldest known beer advertisement comes from Elba, Mesopotamia nearly 4,000 years ago and features a woman with enormous breasts holding two large goblets and saying “Drink Elba, the beer with the heart of a lion.”
69All TIL, Aleksandr Komin kept 6 people as prisoners in a 30-feet deep bunker under his garage forcing them to work 16 hours a day. When two women tried to escape, they were caught and Aleksandr tattooed "РАБ"(Russian for "slave") on their faces.
gMbB8 TIL that grain dust can cause explosions.