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TIL Jimmy Carter is the only US President to have served a full term and not appoint a Supreme Court Justice.

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OobM1 TIL Hitler was never president of Germany. He was appointed chancellor by the president (Paul von Hindenburg), and became the Fuhrer upon Hindenburg's death.
YpQ77 TIL of Louis IX, the only canonized French king and namesake of St. Louis. He ruled during the 13th c. and is most remembered for justice reform, like presumed innocence, bailiffs, and appeals. He began a golden age for France in Medieval Europe and he arbitrated many disputes between other kings.
K9WB TIL Frederick W. Smith, the founder of Fedex, saved the company by gambling the last $5000 they had on blackjack. He won $27,000 and was able to cover the company’s $24,000 fuel bill.
xVBn1 TIL: Chocolate milk doesn't come from brown cows.
6ENoQ TIL about David Voelkert, a 38 year-old who befriended a 17 year-old teen on Facebook and told her he wanted to kill his ex-wife. The teen was actually his ex who got him arrested. David was freed after he gave a notorized affidavit to prove he knew all along it was his ex trying to mess with him.