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TIL about Leo Tolstoy's 1908 "A Letter to a Hindu," which had an indelible impact on Mohandes Gandhi's nonviolent resistance philosophy. Gandhi struck up a correspondence with Tolstoy after reading the letter, reprinted it in his own newspaper and even translated the letter to his native Gujarati.

kk7 TIL 35 years ago today, a major thunderstorm led to a major blackout in New York City, allowing city residents to see the Milky Way Galaxy
DeJD TIL Samuel L. Jackson was an usher at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral.
bLRa TIL pound cake refers to a cake with a pound of each of four ingredients: flour, butter, eggs, and sugar.
epkWb TIL: The creator of the GTA Franchise also created Lemmings
Jr7k TIL that the USPS is a year older than the United States