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TIL Jimmy Carter was the first US president to be born in a hospital.

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d8g5B TIL the term "robot" used to mean the compulsory labor of serfs, and the word "patent" used do mean "decree". Therefore, when the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II abolished serfdom, the decrees got to be called "robot patent" in English
MeQPB TIL In the "The Last of the Meheecans" episode of South Park, the couple that takes in Butters as an immigrant worker name him "Mantequilla", which means butter in Spanish.
nRWr TIL in the TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles, the governor of California was targeted for termination. At the time of filming, the governor in office was Arnold Schwarzenegger
4X48N TIL that a 2015 finders keepers law allows private companies to own anything they find in the outer space and that startups are already rushing to mine asteroids to take advantage of that law
dXME TIL The Rolling Stones own 100% of the royalties to the Verve’s “Bitter Sweet Symphony,” making it the most profitable Stones song of the last 20 years.