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Horton Hears a Who!

Dr. Seuss

Choose kindness with Horton the elephant and the Whos of Who-ville in Dr. Seuss's classic picture book about caring for others that makes it a perfect gift!

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

It was suggested as a possible apology for the author's earlier depictions of the Japanese people, with themes of protecting the vulnerable and the importance of every life.

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a lot of people point to Horton hears a who as a bit of a me a culpa for his treatment of the Japanese prior to World War II and during World War II

— Episode: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugl...

Episode: Dr. Seuss: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

It was suggested as a possible apology for the author's earlier depictions of the Japanese people, with themes of protecting the vulnerable and the importance of every life.

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a lot of people point to Horton hears a who as a bit of a me a culpa for his treatment of the Japanese prior to World War II and during World War II

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was mentioned as a Dr. Seuss book that was inspired by the Horton HO, a German aircraft that would have looked like a delta wing UFO.

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Which is, you know, a lot of people got that one wrong. That would have been a much scary book, wouldn't it?

— Episode: CLASSIC: Die Glocke: The Legend of the N...

Episode: CLASSIC: Die Glocke: The Legend of the Nazi Bell

It was mentioned as a Dr. Seuss book that was inspired by the Horton HO, a German aircraft that would have looked like a delta wing UFO.

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Which is, you know, a lot of people got that one wrong. That would have been a much scary book, wouldn't it?

Episode: CLASSIC: Die Glocke: The Legend of the Nazi Bell

The Horton HO plane design was mentioned as the inspiration for the Dr. Seuss book, Horton Hears a Who!.

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Matt, you mentioned the Horton HO. This was something that would have absolutely looked like some kind of delta wing UFO. Sure. If you had seen it flying. Consequently, it was the inspiration for the Dr. Seuss book Horton, Here's an HO.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Dr. Bethany Marshall compared Julie Schenecker's solipsistic tendencies to the character Horton, who is engrossed in his own world, suggesting her detachment from reality.

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It's like Horton hears a who of you, the Dr. Seuss book, but the who is their own internal world.

— Episode: Killer Mom Julie Schenecker Shoots 'Mout...

Episode: Killer Mom Julie Schenecker Shoots 'Mouthy' Childr...

Dr. Bethany Marshall compared Julie Schenecker's solipsistic tendencies to the character Horton, who is engrossed in his own world, suggesting her detachment from reality.

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It's like Horton hears a who of you, the Dr. Seuss book, but the who is their own internal world.

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