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TIL that Americans who listened to the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on the radio felt that Nixon had won while those who watched it on television were sure that Kennedy had won. This was because, where Nixon had eloquence and debate skills, Kennedy had charm and showmanship.

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WGdY TIL David Duchovny is very similar to his character in Californication. Shortly after the first season aired, Duchovny checked into rehab for sex addiction, which was linked to alcoholism.
M9DW TIL Oregon was bombed by Japanese during WWII. The attacks were minor, but they were the first time the contiguous United States was bombed by enemy aircraft.
J1Da8 TIL about Lydia Litvyak aka White Lily of Stalingrad, the world's first female fighter pilot to score a kill in combat and later to become the first of the only two female fighter aces, scoring 12 solo and 4 team aerial victories in about a year of active combat duty. She was KIA aged 21 years old.
RO09 TIL that a group of ecologists, chefs, and diners are campaigning to eat lionfish, a fish decimating the native ecosystems and thought to be responsible for a drop in the biomass of native reef fish species by an average of 65 percent
DQOKe TIL the 'Robin Hood of the Cookson Hills' or Pretty Boy Floyd was a thief in the 1930's who was touted as a hero for destroying mortgage documents whenever he robbed a bank. His funeral had over 20,000 people attend to pay their respects.