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TIL That after Kennedy used the first televised debate to boost his image, no sitting president agreed to hold a debate for 16 years

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LkxBm TIL Operation Babylift happened in 1975 when 3300 orphaned Vietnamese babies and children where taken to the US and other Allies to be adopted. The first flight crashed, and 78 children died.
VML0Q TIL Warren Buffett plans on giving only a small fraction of his weath to his children when he dies, stating "you should leave your children enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing." He instead will donate nearly all of his wealth to charitable foundations.
WnYY TIL the US Navy has 19 aircraft carriers, compared to 12 for the rest of the world combined. The smallest US carrier is larger and more advanced than the next largest carrier from any other country.
6EBnY TIL That in 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated for attempting peace with Palestine.
xVnX5 TIL honey bees are not and have never been on the endangered species list