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TIL President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalyn Carter (née Smith), have been married for 70 years.

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V8LG TIL that the song “I put a spell on you” by screamin’ Jay Hawkins was originally meant to be a ballad but he got really drunk and started screanin and groaning. In fact, he got so drunk that he couldn’t remember what he had donde and had to relearn the song listening to the recording.
E1EZW TIL there is a species of plant called the phantom orchid which has no photosynthesizing chlorophyll. It instead relies entirely on fungi in its root system for acquiring nutrition and energy
WrbA TIL that Martin van Buren was the only United States president who spoke English as a second language. His first language was Dutch.
8vLZ TIL that a lone Finnish soldier camped in a forest with a rifle and canned food, killing over 700 Soviets in under 100 days, surviving counter sniping efforts, artillery strikes, and an exploding bullet to the face.
ADDJg In 2011, my partner and I moved to New York. Straight from Austria without knowing what to expect.