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TIL: President Jimmy Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts

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oBMNE TIL a male Kangaroo is called a boomer.
WkGwd TIL that the first American to die in Vietnam was actually murdered by a fellow soldier in 1956. Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. gave candy to local children when he bumped into a drunk colleague that shot him on sight. It took 43 years for his name to be added to the Vietnam War Memorial.
OoAoX TIL The name "Sri Lanka" does not come from the fact that it is by far the biggest island off India's coast (Lanka just means "island"). The honorific "Sri" came with the independence movement in British Ceylon. So the name doesn't mean "Lord Island" or "Great Island" but rather "Sovreign Island".
rR8Oy TIL the 435 illustrations in John Audubon’s book “The Birds of America”, which feature 1,037 species of birds, were life-sized. The pages were 39x26 in. (about 100x66 cm).
Oax4 TIL 112 people died building the Hoover Dam. The first guy to die drowned while looking for the best place to build the dam. The last guy to die was his son, who died during construction exactly 13 years later to the day.