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e098D TIL of Joseph Grew, the US ambassador to Japan during the lead-up to WWII, who in Jan. 1941 heard rumors in Tokyo that the Japanese were preparing a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in case of a break with the US. Grew even alerted the US State Department.
RXX1 TIL similar to the “Amber Alert” program, most states also have a missing persons recovery program called “Silver Alert”, which is designed to help find missing senior citizens with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or other mental disabilities.
4kbLa TIL that badgers aren’t a single type of animal. It’s a name applied to about 20 animals in the skunk and weasel families that have squat bodies and like to dig.
6bnY TIL Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool. He changed it every 2 innings.
4k9va TIL about Typhoon Cobra, a category 5 Typhoon that killed 790 US sailors in the South Pacific Fleet in 1944