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TIL Jimmy Carter was considered such a long shot candidate that when he told his mother, Lillian, his plans to run for President, she asked him “President of what?”

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xVRYg TIL that Hound Dog by Elvis Presley was a cover of a song sung by a woman, Big Momma Thornton. It makes so much more sense this way.
mx8OO TIL The first speeding ticket for an automobile driver was given by a policeman in Dayton, Ohio, in 1904, to Harry Myers for going 12 miles per hour on West Third Street.
EJ70 TIL that the story of Thomas Edison electrocuting an elephant as part of the War of Currents is a myth. The elephant was killed as part of an unrelated Coney Island stunt, and Edison’s name is only associated because Edison-brand film was used to record the elephant’s death.
kJk6B TIL of US Congressman Francis E. Walter, who during WW2 decided to present President Roosevelt with a letter-opener made from a bone in the arm of a Japanese soldier
7rw0r TIL giraffes fight by swinging their necks at each other.