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TIL Jimmy Carter reported seeing an unidentified flying object while at Leary, Georgia, in 1969

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AMLw TIL Switzerland has more millionaires than recipients of social assistance
VMJ8D TIL: Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish friar sent to Auschwitz for hiding jews; offered his life and volunteered to die in the place of another camp inmate who was about to executed, who cried that he had a ‘wife’ and a ‘child’. Maximilian on the other hand, had no family. In 1982 he was made into a Saint.
KlYQ TIL The highest ranking member of the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M is a dog named Reveille. She has a student ID, a cell phone, & personal handler assigned to her 24/7, & she attends every class her handler has. If Reveille barks during class, the class is immediately dismissed.
n0ad TIL in 1973 in NY, a man was arrested for murder. He revealed to his lawyers where 2 other bodies (of at that time missing) teens were buried. They withheld the information from police & the families. Vilified at the time, they’re now considered heroes for upholding attorney/client privilege.
rNXbe TIL that African naked mole rat do not feel the sting of capsaicin (main component of chilies) and acids