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- ... that John F. Kennedy suggested the State of Washington replace its unofficial motto "Al-ki" with "For You and Me, a Destiny", a lyric from "Washington, My Home", the state song?
- ... that while working for the predecessor of NASA, Chinese physicist Wu Zhonghua pioneered the three-dimensional flow theory, which has been used to design many aircraft engines?
- ... that Brugada syndrome is known in the Philippines as Bangungut, or "a scream followed by sudden death during sleep"?
- ... that American rapper Gizzle worked as a ghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017?
- ... that the killer whale Tahlequah carried her dead calf for over two weeks in an apparent showing of grief?