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TIL that ex-presidents are not allowed to drive
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TIL about Cedar Apple Rust - or gymnosporangium juniper-virginianae - which uses the red cedar tree as a host and produces spore-bearing horns that swell in the spring rains, sending its spores out to infect nearby apple trees.
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TIL in 1957, San Francisco's "Youth for Service" program helped get young gang members off the streets by having them help the community. They did things like paint houses and help the elderly. The idea was that they just wanted to feel needed.
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TIL Marthe Cnockaert was Mentioned in Dispatches, awarded Legions of Honour and the Iron Cross for her WW1 service. The Iron Cross was for medical services to Germans while the others were for Allies spy work. Cnockaert was captured but not executed because of her Iron Cross, she survived the war.
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TIL The son of Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi used his connections to sign for a top-level Italian soccer team. He only ever played ten minutes, and one sportswriter said, "Even at twice his current speed, he would still be twice as slow as slow itself"
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TIL Dogs have slits on the outside of each nostril, which allow him to exhale without disturbing the scent particles in front of his nose. Breathing out the side slits helps release air while holding scent particles in the nostrils, so that a dog isn’t as likely to lose a scent