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TIL - 2000 was the first year Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially observed in all 50 states

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xGZD TIL of Zarif Khan, an Afghan man who came to Sheridan, WY in 1909 and began peddling tamales. By 1915, he acquired the nickname Hot Tamale Louie and opened a restaurant, Louie’s. In addition to his food, Khan was also famous for serving any customer, regardless of race, profession, or social class.
X01ZD TIl the first page of the Gettysburg Address was written in Washington, in ink and on official stationery. The second page was written in Gettysburg, in pencil on a piece of that happened to be at hand.
EdGX TIL that mapmakers for Esso invented a fake town called Agloe, New York, as a way of catching anyone who copied their maps. The trap was ruined when county officials registered Agloe as a real town.
R5oL6 TIL that fat Chinese criminal Jho Low used to have the sex with supermodel Miranda Kerr
GYjLg TIL the band 'Steely Dan' is named after a steam-powered dildo featured in the novel 'Naked Lunch'