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TIL that MLK Jr.’s family conducted a civil case to consider the existence of an assassination conspiracy involving the Memphis police as well as federal agencies. They won.

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w1Ao TIL the official size of the home plate in baseball is mathematically impossible to create in reality because it requires a right triangle of a size that does not exist.
NOlP TIL In 1833, Britain used 40% of its national budget to buy freedom for all slaves in the Empire.
vPYjK Til before Popeye gained superhuman strength by eating spinach, he became strong by rubbing a type of chicken called a whiffle hen.
GY7WE TIL the reason ancient Greek and Roman male statues wave such small willies, is because having a big penis was associated with stupidity, indecency, and being easily tempted. But having a small junk was associated with wisdom, willpower and rationalism.
loAQ1 TIL when in the mid-1920s Italian carmaker Diatto ceased its collaboration with engineer Alfieri Maserati, Mr. Maserati still had an unrealized design for a racecar. He decided to build that car in his family workshop, thus starting the history of the car brand Maserati.