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TIL Jimmy Carter was the first president to admit to seeing a UFO.

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d8MXr TIL: Scientists have developed eye drops that correct near/far-sighted vision without the need for surgery.
woK6W TIL there are more american robins in the US than there are people.
mxPlo TIL During the influenze pandemic of 1918-1920, wartime censors minimized early reports of illness in Germany, the UK, France, and the US. Papers were free to report the effects in Spain, giving a false impression of Spain as especially hard hit, giving rise to the name "Spanish flu".
Wny9 TIL the crack in the Liberty Bell is from a repair job. In 1846, metal workers widened the thin crack to prevent it from spreading further and to restore the tone of the bell by using a technique called “stop drilling”. But the repair job produced a second crack that silenced the bell forever.
w80E TIL a woman survived a fall of 14,500 feet when main chute didn’t open only to land in a FIRE ANT MOUND. Was bitten over 200 times and broke most of the bones on her right side.