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TIL Hitchcock's famous fright film Psycho turns 60

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jN8LX Today I learned the American National Anthem is longer then I thought...
Wma4 TIL opossums have the most nipples of any animal.
woKP1 TIL that there are more than 160 endangered languages in the United States alone. In addition to many Native American languages, Cajun French, Eastern Yiddish, and Martha's Vineyard, Hawaii, and Plains Sign Language are all endangered.
jNmXX TIL 31% of Americans polled in October 1964 "disapproved" of the Civil Rights Act. Another 10% polled as "Don't know."
5Y10p TIL of the 4 Chaplains. A Jewish Rabbi, a Catholic priest, and 2 Protestant ministers who were on the SS Dorchester when it was torpedoed. The 4 helped evacuate the ship and gave away their own lifejackets when supply ran out, then joined arms and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.