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TIL MLK graduated high school at 15 and college at 19.

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8ev4K TIL The four of the five largest U.S. lake islands are on the Great Lakes. The other of the top five largest is antelope island on the Great Salt Lake. The sixth is largest lake island is the Grande Isle on Lake Champlain.
OoVNe TIL that the Maharaja(Indian King) of Jamnagar took in and agreed to look after 1000 orphaned Polish children — Jews and Catholics alike — who faced an uncertain future during World War II. The Maharaja told the children, “You may not have your parents, but I am your father now.”
L5Bm TIL there are a species of jellyfish found in freshwater in every state in America.
Wb5d TIL the state of Ohio gives out different colored license plates for those convicted of DUI
VDM8 TIL two MIT grads are designing a nuclear power plant that can use nuclear waste as a source of fuel, produce 75 times more energy per ton of fuel, and utilize 96% of supplied fuel, vs only 4% used with traditional designs. It will also be virtually accident proof and cheap to build.