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TIL On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all of the Vietnam War draft evaders.

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wLYPE TIL a coin left at the grave site of a U.S. veteran is meant as a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone has visited the grave to pay respect. Leaving a penny means you visited, a nickle means you trained at boot camp together and a dime means you served together in some capacity.
yVbA8 TIL (from an Iggy Pop podcast) that Alan Hale Jr. who played the Skipper on Gilligan's Island went on to open a seafood restaurant and later an agency to book sightseeing cruises.
gMyK8 TIL that the Basque language is a "language isolate" - it seems to have no genetic relation to any other known language. It is thought to be the last surviving remnant of an ancient language family that existed in Western Europe before the arrival of the Indo-European languages from the East.
16rWV TIL that all three crew members of Apollo 8 (1968), which was the first mission to fly to and orbit the moon, are still alive
05NA TIL; Legendary musician and New Orleans resident Fats Domino refused to leave his home when Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, leading him to be presumed dead until rescued by the coastguard. At 88 years old, he is still performing live music!