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TIL Martin Luther King Jr. studied Gandhi and practiced "satyagraha"

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BgEKk TIL That EMINEM Means "Every Mother Is Nice Except Mine"?
DQQMP TIL that Keye Luke (Number One Son, Blind Master Po from Kung Fu, and the old shopkeeper from Gremlins) was a successful artist before he was an actor. He painted murals for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, illustrated books and sheet music, and designed movie posters, including one for King Kong.
M7ZnB TIL that Crab-eating Macaques that start conflicts with other Macaques show higher signs of stress such as scratching after the conflict. The troublemaker usually calms down when the macaques reconcile. Researchers theorize the aggressor is more worried about ruining partnerships than anything else.
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wLX81 TIL during the first combat usage of the American Sidewinder missile in 1958, a dud hit an enemy plane and became lodged without exploding. The pilot returned to base, allowing Soviet engineers to study it and reverse-engineer a nearly identical missile for their own use.