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

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R5V4 TIL that North Koreans who defect to South Korea get $10,000 to $28,000 “start up money.
mx8VP TIL in the first Rambo movie "First Blood", Rambo kills one person. In fact, the only death in the whole movie is an accident. In comparison, Rambo kills 76 in "First Blood II", 132 in "Rambo III", and 236 in "Rambo".
4XOya TIL that WW1 could have ended hours earlier, but one man wanted to wait until "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month". ~11,000 men were wounded or killed waiting for the Armistice to take effect
EgG77 TIL although it is known that George Washington bought teeth from enslaved people, there is evidence that the intended recipient was a dentist named Jean Pierre Le Mayeur who was performing tooth transplants in the area at the time
V7YD TIL Singapore is the third wealthiest country in the world (based on per capita GDP).