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TIL Martin Luther King’s doctoral thesis stole heavily from another dissertation - 45% of the first half and 21% of the second half of King’s thesis was plagiarized but his degree was not revoked

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gMey4 TIL Already famous, Agatha Christie went on archaeological expeditions to Iraq and Syria. That experiences is reflected in novels such as Murder on the Orient Express, Death on the Nile, and Appointment with Death
7r1GM TIL being in the US Congress was originally considered a civic duty and only paid $5,000
Ood5R TIL until his death in 2020, Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek displayed a C$49,000 bounced check on the wall of his house for his hosting duties on the 1981-82 Canadian-produced game show Pitfall, as a reminder of how his fellow Canadians did him dirty
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