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11/02/2026

Betty White died on December 31, 2021, at 99, just weeks before her 100th birthday. Fans were asked to donate $5 to a local animal shelter in her name on January 17, 2022. She spent nearly 40 years as a trustee of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association. Would you take part?

11/01/2026

On May 30, 2025, Taylor Swift announced she had bought back the master recordings of her first six albums from Shamrock Capital. The price wasn’t disclosed. She wrote that “the best things that have ever been mine… finally actually are.”

11/01/2026

In February 2026, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital was renamed Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital after her gift. The hospital didn’t say how much she gave. It has served children regardless of their family’s ability to pay since 1937. Dolly Parton died on August 25, 2026, at 80.

11/01/2026

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this in his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” on April 16, 1963, in response to his critics. Which line from that letter stays with you?

11/01/2026

“Pit bulls are the sweetest, most empathic, most sensitive creatures that I have ever known.” Sir Patrick Stewart died October 29, 2026, at 86. He was a longtime pit bull advocate and received the ASPCA’s Pit Bull Advocate & Protector Award.

11/01/2026

A viral post says Michael Jackson bought Eminem’s catalog to get revenge. The real story is smaller: Jackson held 50% of Sony/ATV, which acquired Famous Music in 2007, and that catalog included rights to Eminem’s songs. There’s no proof it was revenge, and Jackson publicly criticized the “Just Lose It” video.

11/01/2026

Russia’s Supreme Court declared the “International Satanism Movement” an extremist organization in July 2025. In April 2026, a Voronezh court sentenced a 24-year-old to one year of corrective labor for displaying banned symbols. Russian outlet Novaya Gazeta describes the movement as nonexistent. Viral posts saying devil worship is now a felony with 8 years in prison aren’t backed by any law we found.

11/01/2026

Michael Jackson biographer and family friend Stacy Brown says that after the 9/11 attacks, Jackson sent his tour bus back into Manhattan to carry fans stuck in the city. He also says Jackson paid for about three dozen of them to stay in New Jersey hotels. The account comes from Brown alone and hasn’t been independently confirmed.

11/01/2026

You will never find justice in a world where criminals make the laws.” Widely shared with Bob Marley’s name on it, though no original source has been found. Do you agree?

10/31/2026

On a clear day, the Chicago skyline appears across Lake Michigan from Indiana, sitting right in front of the setting sun. 🌅🏙️ Great scenery and a little lucky timing.

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