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TIL in 2015 Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with brain cancer - In 2019 he broke his hip at age 95 - During that same year he fell at home requiring 14 stitches - Despite his injuries he showed up the next day to help build houses for Habitat for Humanity - At age 98 he still remained an active volunteer

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Mebra TIL that between 2007 and 2009, Zimbabwe’s currency reached an inflation rate of 79,000,000,000%, with the government printing 100 Billion dollar bills to keep up.
N7Kbe TIL The Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” has the distinction in the US of being the #1 hit with the oldest lyrics, as 99% of it was written by King Solomon in the 10th century BCE, then rearranged by Pete Seeger in the late 1950s.
oBr7W TIL in the critically-reviewed movie Eighth Grade, Apple pulled out from providing free laptops and phones to the film after the producers refused to remove a scene where an iPhone gets broken. The laptops and phones shown belong to the crew and the broken iPhone scene was kept in. (Audio 1:25:55)
jNw0p TIL that in the 50's and 60's, a single Florida town known as "nub city" was responsible for 2/3rds of America's dismemberment insurance claims. No one was ever convicted of insurance fraud, because juries had a hard time believing even Floridians would be insane enough to cut off their own hands.
wLOD7 TIL that Matt Stone and Trey Parker intended to do a shot-for-shot puppet parody of The Day After Tomorrow, and release it a day later than The Day After Tomorrow.