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TIL Kennedy took "sole responsibility" for the Bay of Pigs Invasion and it's subsequent failure.

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4yog TIL that while humans possess three types of color receptor cones in their eyes, a Mantis Shrimp carries sixteen color receptive cones giving them the ability to recognize colors that are unimaginable by other species.
dDy7B TIL William Thomas Turner, the captain of the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a U-Boat in 1915, was also captain of the troopship SS Ivernia when it was sunk by a U-Boat in 1916. His son, Percy Wilfred Turner, was killed in 1941 when his ship, the Jedmoor, was sunk by a U-Boat.
nWag9 TIL that actress Bette Davis became the first female lifeguard for Ogunquit Beach, Maine in 1926.
KdN6 TIL that Sir Isaac Newton invented calculus in approximately the same amount of time the average student learns it in University.
Zp0pB Today I learned Saint Patrick of Ireland is also considered a saint within the Orthodox Church because he lived before the Great Schsim of 1054 between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.