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TIL that JFK was the first president to receive a coat of arms from a foreign power (Ireland)

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JoBB TIL: Goats can eat poison ivy with no ill effects. Goats are rented out to clear parks, golf courses and historical sites.
bbgE TIL James Barry (born 1789-1799 as Margaret Ann Bulkleychose) chose to live as a man so that he could become a surgeon. With his sex only being discovered after his death, Barry was the first qualified female British surgeon known, anticipating the next female physician by over 50 years.
xkx0 TIL in spring 2012 Wired Magazine reported the NSA created a massive Utah data center where ‘Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.’ As well, NO ONE upvoted a submission by 'TheGreatWhiteHorse’ a year ago on this very topic.
L7mm TIL that 70% of all Canadian blood plasma is actually sourced from the United States, where donors are regularly paid for their donations.
kORgW TIL that in 1969, at the height of the Cold War, the Apollo 11 crew carried commemorative medals to the moon to honor two Soviet cosmonauts who died as part of the USSR's human spaceflight program