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

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9bW6 TIL that Sauron was the lieutenant of an even more powerful dark lord named Melkor
jNjkN TIL the original Pong game created by Al Alcorn had a glitch that would make the paddles on both sides not go all the way to the top. This was due to a defect in the circuit. Alcorn wanted to fix it but decided it was important because two good players would have played forever if it had been fixed.
LODP TIL Steve Jobs never donated any money to charity; at least not publicly.
eZy5 TIL that the term ‘bum rush’ comes from vagrants trying to take advantage of free snacks
xVOMo TIL that the handrail around the turret in some early WW2 tanks is an antenna. The presence of a handrail antenna would reveal to the enemy that the tank is a command tank, which made it a primary target in the combat. Because of this, it was eventually replaced with a whip antenna.