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TIL: JFK said this: ’… I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of our country’s peril.“ (and much more), in a speech given to the, American Newspaper Publishers Association, on April 27, 1961.

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BgJmx TIL that Józef and Wiktoria Ulma, for hiding Jews during WW2, were recognized as Righteous. They were also recognized as martyrs by the Catholic Church, along with their entire family, including Wiktoria's unborn child at the time of her death, making him the first fetus to be beatified in 2023.
Ypr1W TIL that John B. Goodenough (apart from the very interesting name) was a Nobel laureate in chemistry who is credited with the identification and development of the lithium-ion battery, and for seminal developments in computer random-access memory.
OoEVg TIL World Record Breaking Waterslide Decapitated a 10 Year Old Boy.
Y7akA TIL that catnip does not affect all cats because catnip sensitivity is an inherited genetic trait. Kittens that have the trait for catnip sensitivity will be affected at around 3 months old.
0wXx1 TIL of Hachikō, the legendary Japanese Akita dog who stood waiting for his owner for over nine years after his owner died at his workplace. He would wait for him every day until he himself died.