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TIL A cow-bison hybrid is called a “beefalo”

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9wLvQ TIL JFK’s last words were “No, they sure can’t” in response to Nellie Connally, First Lady of Dallas, who remarked “Mr. President, they can’t make you believe now that there are not some in Dallas who love you and appreciate you, can they?”
Bgrr TIL that heroin was created in a search for a non-addictive alternative to morphine, and was marketed as such for a while.
ZpmLG TIL that a Historical Jesus existed and that his baptism and crucifixion are considered real historical events.
yxnV TIL the Russians had a flying aircraft carrier that actually worked and deployed aircraft from the “mother-ship” that successfully engaged their targets
D1W5Y TIL: The light atop a Hollywood record company building has been quietly blinking-out messages in Morse code since first being turned-on in 1956 --by Morse's own granddaughter. (The default message is one word, but it once revealed an album release date: “Katy Perry. Prism. October 22, 2013.")