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TIL that Jimmy Carter has been alive for almost 38 years since leaving office. This is the longest post presidential time in U.S. History.

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gKp7 TIL Geneticists have figured out the time that evolving humans lost their primate body hair by using mitochondrial DNA to calculate the date that head lice evolution diverged from that of public lice.
R7Ln4 TIL that on December the 27th 1973, the IRA kidnapped and murdered the West German consul to Northern Ireland Thomas Niedermayer. His wife, two daughters and son-in-law subsequently committed suicide
VMxkB TIL that according to the terms of his parole, John Hinckley Jr., the would-be assassin of Ronald Reagan, is prohibited from owning any firearms, ammunition, other weapons, or memorabilia of Jodie Foster because of his obsession with the actress.
e0jab TIL about the confederate cornerstone speech, a speech given by the Confederate Vice President at the beginning of the war, outlining the cornerstones of the Confederate government, including the ideals of racial superiority.
8e0Kb TIL Weed is not as harmless as people claim.