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TIL St. Valentine is also the patron saint of epilepsy.

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Ng1E TIL Abraham Lincoln was the first cat owner to become president.
xVg70 TIL that the first ever Ironman Triathlon was won by US Navy Communications Specialist Gordon Haller. The runner-up John Dunbar, a US Navy Seal, was winning after the second transition but lost his lead when he ran out of water and his support crew started giving him beer instead.
gME8b TIL JFK's father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, "set a thief to catch a thief." Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.
Br90d TIL that in 1965 the Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Paul VI issued the declaration "Nostra Aetate" which repudiated the theological position of "Jewish Deicide" which claims that all Jewish people, past, present, and future share an inherited guilt for the Crucifixion and murder of Jesus Christ.
9YJNG TIL about Dusan Popov, MI6 triple agent who deceived Germans during WWII that D-Day would occur in Calais, not Normandy. Popov was famous for his playboy lifestyle which made him one of primary inspirations for James Bond.