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TIL of a man who suffered a stroke and, due to brain damage, lost the ability to feel sad

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0kpv TIL that MLK Jr.’s family conducted a civil case to consider the existence of an assassination conspiracy involving the Memphis police as well as federal agencies. They won.
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OGoQ4 TIL that collecting orchids was so popular among the Victorians that it had a name - "orchidelirium." Orchids would often die after collection due to lack of knowledge about their cultivation. The craze reduced after international trade in wild orchids was banned in 1973.
PvLg TIL: The Nazis during WW2 formed a plan called ‘Operation Bernard’ in which they were to crash Englands economy by counterfeiting £132m GBP and dropping it over England by planes. This would be worth £8.3bn today.
pYryN TIL Oregon's largest coastal city has only 16,000 residents, despite there being 4.2m people in the state and over 350 miles of coastline