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TIL It was actually Jimmy Carter to handle and get the release of the hostages during the Iranian Hostage Crisis, NOT Ronald Reagan

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DQv4D TIL the U.S. became a net energy exporter in 2019 for the first time since 1958
x6XP0 TIL Lynn Redgrave is the only person to have been nominated for an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony without winning any of them.
Jvp1 TIL that in 1925, climbers from Colorado found out that there was a 140m gorge between the peak they hit and the summit they aimed for. It was named Disappointment Peak.
groxy TIL Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 unintentionally wrote 'Hell song' in just 30 minutes after learning one of his friends contacted HIV
5mWk TIL Kentucky has more barrels of borboun than people.