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TIL Jimmy Carter doesn't qualify for federal health benefits because he only worked for the government for 4 years not the required 5

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leyA TIL the Catholic Church has an official position on Jesus’ blood type. It’s AB.
166GV TIL Men are twice as likely to engage in gambling as women (69% compared to 36%) and they are 2.5 times as likely to have gambling problems (20.1% compared to 7.8%)
MmwW TIL a Native American served as George Washington’s bodyguard
W7xro TIL in Italy there is a movement that has been compared to fairtrade, that markets brands and venues as anti mafia and not paying the extortion money, especially in areas hit hard by organized crime
8dZZ TIL that “kiln” was originally pronounced with a silent “n.” Linguists believe that written descriptions of kilns reached people who had never heard of them before; they assumed the “n” was pronounced, and this mispronunciation took over.