TIL former President Jimmy Carter does not receive federal retirement health benefits because he only worked for the government for four years, less than the five years needed to qualify
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Good Question: What Benefits Do Former Presidents Receive?
The former president's surgery took place at a private hospital in Dallas, which had some people wondering: What benefits do former presidents receive? How about members of Congress after they leave office?
TIL Elephants "may show lateral preference when grasping with their trunks: some prefer to twist them to the left, others to the right." Essentially, they can be left or right "trunked"!
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Elephant
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TIL Marilyn Bell, at age 16, became the first person to swim across Lake Ontario in 1954. Her 32 mile route was greatly lengthened by high wind and high waves. Fanged lamprey eels attacked her in 65 degree water. It took her 21 hours. She is still alive today.
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Marilyn Bell
Marilyn Grace Bell Di Lascio (born October 19, 1937) is a Canadian retired long distance swimmer. She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
TIL: McDonald's used to have a mascot named Captain Crook who stole Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, as opposed to the Hamburglar's hamburger thievery.
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Captain Crook | McDonald's Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Captain Crook (later referred to as The Captain beginning in 1984) is a character who was featured in McDonald's McDonaldland series of commercials. He is a pirate and is similar in appearance to...
TIL that a Scottish scientist discovered that finger prints were unique, & asked Charles Darwin to help him promote the idea. Charles Darwin shared this with his nephew, who then claimed the finding as his own.
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BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tribute to fingerprinting pioneer
Forensic experts from around the world are to pay tribute to the Scottish scientist who discovered that fingerprints are unique.
TIL that a Spanish double agent, Juan Pujol Garcia got medals for spying from both Nazi Germany and the British Empire. He ran a fake spy network in London for Germany and recruited 27 fictitious agents all on German dime to provided them with fake intelligence during WW2.
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HISTORY
The WWII Spy Who Faked His Death for 36 Years
British intelligence called Juan Pujiol Garcia 'Agent Garbo' because he was so good at assuming new identities.
TIL that 3% of all movies in the 1960s featureed quicksand
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The rise and fall of quicksand.
The fourth-graders were unanimous: Quicksand doesn't scare them, not one bit. If you're a 9- or 10-year-old at the P.S. 29 elementary school in Brookl ...
TIL the word "aint" was added into Webster's Dictionary in 1993, meaning it's been considered a legal word for over 26 years
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TIL that after large animals went extinct, such as the mammoth, avocados had no method of seed dispersal, which would have lead to their extinction without early human farmers.
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Smithsonian
Why the Avocado Should Have Gone the Way of the Dodo
Its large pit and fleshy deliciousness are all a result of its status as an evolutionary anachronism
TIL there are over 1 million penguins who live in the Falkland Island minefields because they're too light to set off the mines
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Amusing Planet
The Penguin Population That Thrives on Falklands’ Minefields
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean about 300 miles east of South America's southern Patagonian coast. The i...
TIL that author Joe Hill, Stephen King's son, went ten years of successful independent writing before announcing his relationship to his dad - not even his agent knew.
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The Telegraph
Joe Hill: 'How I escaped the shadow of my father, Stephen King'
It is never easy, being the child of a famous person.
TIL that most insect noises you hear are them either having sex or asking for sex from females.
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Terminix
Insect Wildlife Sound Identification | Terminix Blog
Insect and wildlife identification can be tricky if you don't know what pest is making which noise. Listen to cricket, katydid and mosquito sounds, among several others.
TIL according to studies,an estimate of 1 million fathers in the U.S. are unknowingly raising another man's child.
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DeseretNews.com
John Hoffmire: Unknowingly raising another man's child
The number of men who had DNA tests administered for themselves and at least one of their children rose by 64 percent last decade, according to The New York Times. The DNA tests confirm whether or...
TIL of an African pink flamingo that escaped a Kansas zoo who’s been living freely for 14 years
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Southern Living
WATCH: After Escaping a Kansas Zoo, Fugitive Flamingo Seen in Texas for the Second Time in 14 Years
Flamingo 492 continues to defy the odds.
TIL about the Native American version of a Trojan Horse. In 1763 Native Americans played a early version of Lacrosse outside a British fortress during the Pontiac's Rebellion. They hit the ball through the open gate and both teams chased after the ball. Once inside they killed the soldiers.
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Pontiac's War
Pontiac's War (also known as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion) was launched in 1763 by a loose confederation of elements of Native American tribes, primarily from the Great Lakes region, the Illinois Country, and Ohio Country who were dissatisfied…
TIL President Woodrow Wilson allowed a flock of sheep to graze on the White House lawn. They saved manpower by not having to mow the lawn, and also raised $52,823 for the Red Cross by auctioning wool.
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Why did President Woodrow Wilson keep a flock of sheep on the White House lawn?
The sight of sheep grazing on the south lawn of the White House may seem unusual, but during World War I, it was a highl...
TIL Apes can learn sign language and can communicate with humans. However, Apes are not capable of asking questions. They do not attempt to gain knowledge from others by asking questions. They do not seem to realise that others may have information they do not have.
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Primate cognition
Primate cognition is the study of the intellectual and behavioral skills of non-human primates, particularly in the fields of psychology, behavioral biology, primatology, and anthropology.
TIL in 2016, an octopus named Inky mysteriously disappeared from New Zealand's National Aquarium. A wet trail later revealed he escaped his tank through a small hole, slid across the floor at night and squeezed his body through a pipe leading to the ocean.
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National Geographic News
Inky's Daring Escape Shows How Smart Octopuses Are
The fleeing of a mollusk from a New Zealand aquarium has captivated the world. Here’s how he did it, and what it means.
TIL: Sea turtles are among the most ancient animals still in existence today with the oldest fossil dating back 215 million years – older than the oldest dinosaur.
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phys.org
World's oldest turtle shells stand test of time
Plucked from a pit of grey clay next to a rubbish dump in southern Poland, fossilised turtle shells resembling the battle-scarred shields of ancient warriors are the world's oldest and most complete.
TIL that the highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman charioter who would be worth $15 billion in today's money.
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Gaius Appuleius Diocles
Gaius Appuleius Diocles (104 – after 146) was a Roman charioteer, who became one of the most celebrated athletes in ancient history.
TIL that during WW2 German prisoners of Wars in Canada were so well treated that they didn't want to leave the country when released. Thousands of them eventually stayed or came back to Canada with one saying that the time in Canadian prison was "the best thing that happened to me."
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