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TIL MLK was working on a multiracial Poor People's Campaign when he was killed.

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7LPL TIL: A personal trainer wanted to prove to the doubters that it’s possible to get back in shape even if you become really overweight, so he gained 70 lbs (32 kg) of fat over a 6 month period. In 29 weeks he was back in shape.
16W5V TIL that Pythagoras was primarily a religious preacher who preached the then popular Greek beliefs of reincarnation of soul, all living beings having soul, vegetarianism, avoiding root vegetables etc
Rnd6 TIL- Quaker Oates and MIT conducted an experiment on unsuspecting, mentally retarded children. They tricked them into eating radioactive cereal by telling them they were in a “science club.”
oBk0W TIL of the London Beer flood of 1814, where a 22 foot vat of Porter beer burst, flooding the streets and killing 8 people.
6xp8 TIL an estimated 1 in 4 Alabamans are functionally illiterate, meaning they’re unable to manage daily living and employment tasks that require reading skills beyond a basic level