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

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oBQMY TIL about Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh American man who owned a Chevron gas station in Mesa, Arizona. On September 15th, 2001 he was killed by a Boeing employee as an act of "retaliation" for the WTC attacks. He is listed in the Arizona state memorial as a victim of 9/11
ava0 TIL During the Prohibition Act, the government poisoned industrial alcohol in order to scare off bootleggers. As a result, around 10,000 people died until the Prohibition was repealed.
v1eRj TIL Dominos Pizza awards all store managers who achieve $25,000 in sales a week for four consecutive weeks with a customized Rolex watch, in a contest called "The Rolex Challenge".
PYE1w TIL babies open their eyes in the womb at about 28 weeks. After that, twins are likely to touch each others’ faces or hold hands.
D1vNr TIL, mongooses found in Hawai’i are native to India and were originally introduced to Hawai’i Island in 1883 by the sugar industry to control rats in sugarcane fields and have since caused the extinction of 8 federally listed endangered Hawaiian birds.