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TIL in 1941 the grandmother of Martin Luther King fell down and became unresponsive. MLK blamed himself and attempting suicide by jumping from a second story window

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41Xo TIL Norway introduced sushi salmon to Japan in the 1980s
149d TIL that when King Kamehameha of Hawaii died in 1819, his body was taken and buried in secret in accordance with Hawaiian tradition to preserve his mana. To this day, his body has not been found and people only speculate on it’s location.
JYQ64 TIL that if you are a driver in the United Kingdom you are required by the law to stop and report to the police if you run over a dog, a horse, a cattle, a pig, a goat, a sheep, a donkey and a mule, but not if you run over a deer, a cat, a badger or a fox.
x6KG7 TIL that all species of octopus are venomous, but only the Blue Ringed Octopus has venom that can harm humans.
JYX6Q TIL the birth control pill used to be known as the "red pill"