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TIL Stevie Wonder released the hit song “Happy Birthday” to support the campaign to establish MLK’s birthday as a federal holiday.

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JDeQ TIL When Indian reservations started to earn big money from casinos, they began expelling their own members by the thousands to increase the payout for those who remained.
VMoQZ TIL As of May 2018, the smell of Play-Doh is trademarked. It is described as “a sweet, slightly musky, vanilla fragrance, with slight overtones of cherry, combined with the smell of a salted, wheat-based dough.”
bkpE TIL that Japan has nearly twice as many 7-Elevens as the United States, with 2,079 stores in Tokyo alone.
GY6rQ TIL the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 was passed after art dealer was caught lying about the source of hjs artwork, effectively classifying unverifiable claims of Indian heritage as false advertisement.
Lk9O0 TIL In 1939 the Disney cartoon 'Mickey's Gala Premiere' was the final programme shown on the BBC before it ceased its television service for the duration of the war. On the day broadcasting resumed in 1946 it was shown once again.