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TIL Jimmy Carter pardoned all Vietnam draft dodgers almost immediately after taking office

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9EkB TIL despite being a millionaire, Steve Jobs only paid $500 a month in child support to his daughter, Lisa. A girl he named a computer after, but attempted to deny paternity for.
LkMVZ TIL Daniel Webster is primarily responsible for the differences between American and British spelling, but many of his changes never stuck, such as medicine=medicin, ache=ake, soup=soop, tongue=tung, women=wimmen, and weather=wether
MApW TIL that the Republican Party hasn’t won a Presidential election without a Bush or Nixon on the ballot since 1928.
GAM6G TIL that WB wanted the opening credits cut from the Watchmen script. So, Snyder cut it and filmed it in secret without a script, hoping Warner Bros would let him keep it once they saw it (they did)
498N TIL. AAA will take you and your car home for free! if you feel tipsy, Please call!