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John's Upbringing

John wasn't just any criminal—he was Daisie's son! Daisie gave birth to John in 1932. Sadly, Daisie knew that she wasn't able to provide for her son after his father unexpectedly passed away. As a woman in the 1930s, she had limited means of income. Without a way to pay for the new member of the family, Daisie put the child up for adoption in a local orphanage...

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The More You Know

  • Nintendo was founded in 1889. Before it sold video games, the Japanese company specialized in playing cards.
  • The first American woman to go to medical school was admitted as a joke. Geneva Medical School thought it was joke when Elizabeth Blackwell applied to attend 1847. She graduated in 1849, started her own practice, and opened an infirmary for the poor.
  • You can hear a blue whale's heartbeat from more than 2 miles away.
  • A species of squid has been observed to leap from the ocean by using pressurized water jets to achieve flight, going as far as 98 feet!
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