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TIL from September 1957 through December 1958, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. penned an advice column for EBONY magazine

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grwO4 TIL That Megalodon teeth were once thought to be petrified human tongues that fell from the sky during lunar eclipses. It wasn't until the early 17th century that people realized there were ancient shark teeth
k71e TIL, in Australia, if the note is damaged or torn, it’s value is reduced to the proportion left of the note. E.g Half a $10 note is worth $5
LQopp TIL that 75% of Canadian English-language TV shows are from the US. By contrast, the top ten TV shows in Quebec are all local productions. While French Canadians love watching American films dubbed in English, they prefer low-budget Quebec TV shows (téléromans) to big-budget American ones.
PYBVO TIL Mary Baker Eddy started The Christian Science Monitor not for her religious reasons, but so that the world would have a source of news free from "Yellow Journalism"
E1bNo TIL Chinese debtors shamed with broadcast of names and faces on giant screens on May 1 holiday