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TIL the 8 billionth person will most likely be born in 2027

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PYXRL TIL Jimmy Carter was attacked by a rabbit while on a boating trip in his home state (GA), and there was a White House photographer who captured the encounter.
XEKLk TIL 12 Americans died during the Hiroshima atomic bombing.
m1r6x TIL about Lyrall's Wren, a flightless songbird hunted to extinction by lighthouse keeper Lyrall's pet cat
pMDe TIL a guy showed up to the I-40 bridge collapse and took command of the federal disaster response by impersonating a US Army Captain. He led the response effort for two days before fleeing.
MWem TIL that during the Great Depression women made clothes out of flour sacks and when manufacturers learned of this they started using patterned fabrics and designed the label to wash out.