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TIL the Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906.

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AN6Ao TIL that when the Lorraine Hotel (where MLK was killed) was converted to a Museum in 1988, one of its long-term residents refused to leave, claiming that MLK wouldn't've wanted millions of dollars spent on a memorial to him. After being evicted, she began living in front of the museum in protest.
9YyWr TIL Blaise Diagne,born in Senegal,was the 1st black African elected to the French Chamber of Deputies in 1914,also hold a position in the French gvt. His son would become the 1st black footballer in France,and won it in 1936. His grandson would be mayor of a French town until he died in 2017
GYAX1 Wagyu's fat has a melting point lower than the average human body temperature, it literally melts in your mouth.
VB69B TIL that in 1914, the wife of the French Prime Minister murdered a newspaper editor to prevent him from disclosing her relationship with him, which had begun while both were still married to their previous partners. She was acquitted because she was deemed to have acted on "uncontrollable impulses".
E1EEo TIL that in 18th century, the King of Sweden conducted an experiment to prove that caffeine was dangerous. It used two pairs of twins, each with one twin drinking three pots of coffee and the other three pots of tea for the rest of their lives. They all outlived the king and every doctor involved.