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TIL Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived U.S. president, had a village in India renamed "Carterpuri" after his 1978 visit. His mother, Lillian, served in India as a Peace Corps health volunteer in the 1960s.

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0dvjL TIL when the Cleveland Museum of Art's enlarged casting of Rodin's "The Thinker" was blown up in 1970, the base and feet were completely destroyed and it left a "plume of bronze escaping from its base." The museum put the statue back on display and a plaque was added to note the damage.
Gaxg TIL in 2006 Ticketmaster President Sean Moriarty publically pleaded for legislation that would make the selling of concert tickets from person to person illegal except through Ticketmaster.
QNNBE TIL Royal Marines and allied forces defeated US marines during a five day simulation called Green Dagger. The US asked for a reset halfway through and the Royal Marines went on to control two thirds of the battlefield.
oKb7 TIL a herd of rare white deer live within the confines of the former Seneca Army Depot. When the base was open, the deer were inadvertently fenced off and subject to a genetic bottleneck. With the depot now closed, the deer have an uncertain future.
x61W0 TIL King James the First liked to play tennis. He knocked so many balls off the court and down an old drain leading from the abbey that he ordered for the passage to be blocked. 3 days later, assassins arrived to kill him. He tried to escape through the passage but it was blocked and he was murdered