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8aO4X TIL Just like right/left handedness , we are right/left eyed.
dbZ TIL President Roosevelt visited Hawaii in July of 1934, making him the first acting president to set foot on the island.
wL94Y TIL that US president Jimmy Carter issued a state of emergency in 1979 that is still active today, over 40 years later. This state of emergency gives "extra ordinary powers" to the president to "seize property, call up the National Guard and hire and fire military officers at will."
vkP4 TIL at least six Americans have been accidentally shot by dogs in the past five years, including by a dog named “Trigger”.
5YjaB TIL that the first science fiction convention was held over 100 years ago. Like many that came after it featured cosplay and panels and was a disastrous financial failure.