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TIL Martin Luther King, Jr's mother (Alberta Williams King) was murdered in her church six years after her son was assassinated.

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W7wV4 [TIL] Sack of Mecca is when the city of Mecca was raided during the Hajj by a claimant to the title Mahdi (Messiah like individual)
N7ndQ TIL that the brand name of LaCroix sparkling water is actually pronounced "la-croy," according to the manufacturer.
lowZr TIL: Melbourne has the largest urban tram/streetcar network in the world, with 250 km of double track
d0yj TIL the sexual imagery in Alien film was intentional, screenwriter Bannon had said about it, “I’m going to attack the men in the audience sexually. I am going to put in every image I can think of to make them cross their legs. Homosexual oral rape, birth. The thing lays its eggs down your throat.”
neLa7 TIL the BBC created a Radio Soap Opera during WWII specifically for the American market. It was propaganda designed to get the USA to end its neutrality. One of the aims of the show was to appeal to those with a 'limited mentality'. It ended up being a popular radio show in the US.