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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. received a C in public speaking.

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rlV4 TIL The King of Bhutan wears a crown surmounted by the head of a raven. At one time it was a capital crime to kill a raven in Bhutan.
788LL TIL in the 1999 NBA Draft, Steve Francis was selected second by the Vancouver Grizzlies but refused to join them, citing "the distance from his Maryland home, taxes, endorsements, and God's will." He was eventually traded to the Houston Rockets and became a three-time NBA All-Star.
l9yG TIL Since 1950, Oscar award recipients have been required to sign an agreement promising that neither they nor their heirs will sell their statuette without first offering it back to the Academy for $1
R167 TIL that in 1954, Royal Crown was the first company to sell soft drinks in a can, and later the first company to sell a soft drink in an aluminum can.
0d68j TIL we’ve been trying to build the hyperloop since 1799