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TIL: Martin Luther King Jr. is honored in Hiroshima because of his anti-nuclear weapons stance

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1alxD TIL alligators love marshmallows. Tour companies regularly use them to reward gators who come close to the boat.
GA1D1 TIL about the British Pet Massacre, in which 750,000 pets were killed in anticipation of food shortages in WWII.
d8nVZ TIL the part of Central Park where Yoko Ono scattered John Lennon's ashes is now named Strawberry Fields.
kOD77 TIL about "Deafheads" who held balloons against their bodies in order to hear/feel the music at Grateful Dead concerts
Wlr4 TIL the neo-noir crime thriller movie Training Day was filmed on site, in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles, in order to give it an authentic feel. Nearly all the gang members in the movie are gang members in real life.