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TIL Andrew Jackson had a parrot who loved to curse

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nW9RY TIL That the one of the only Vice Presidents to resign was Spiro Agnew, who was VP under Richard Nixon, the only President to resign.
QN4Pe TIL: Jimmy Carter didn’t found Habitat for Humanity, it was Millard and Linda Fuller, who did, but he has worked with them since 1984
7roDP TIL- Private Baker and his comrades came under attack by a Japanese force. Baker was hit early. His comrades left him propped against a tree and gave him a pistol, which had eight bullets, American forces retook the position, they found the pistol, and eight dead Japanese soldiers around Baker.
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