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TIL American President Jimmy Carter issued complete pardons for draft avoiders and contentious objectors during the Vietnam War.

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4Xj4J Today I learned (by being destroyed by allergies) that your nose has an internal cycle, which is why one nostril can be harder to blow than the other.
4X0LR TIL A man was jailed for 17 years until lawyers found his doppelganger with the same first name. The authorities reversed his conviction.
YpWNA TIL that PG-13 system was created by the MPAA due to complaints regarding the violent nature of some scenes from two Spielberg films - Gremlins, and more prominently Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom. This was based on Spielberg's own suggestion to Jack Valenti, who created the original MPAA ratings.
nWlpo TIL unlike most melons, a watermelon will not continue to ripen after it has been harvested. So the ripeness at the grocery store is how it'll be once cut.
E1P6d TIL in 2003, after Roy Hunt was brutally mauled by one of his tigers during their show in Vegas, the doctors removed a part of his skull to avoid his death from brain swelling, and placed it in a pocket inside of his abdomen until it was ready to be reattached.