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TIL that the FBI once sent Martin Luther King Jr. a threatening letter encouraging him to commit suicide.

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9YQmm TIL that Neil Armstrong went to the North Pole with Sir Edmund Hillary (first to climb Mt Everest) and other prominent explorers. He said that he was curious to see it from the ground, since he'd only seen it from space.
Yp8Jx TIL actress Jennifer Connelly inspired Princess Jasmine's appearance in 'Aladdin'. The final appearance of Jasmine consequently inspired the studio to redesign Aladdin based on actor Tom Cruise because Disney felt the original depiction was 'too scrawny' to have believable chemistry with Jasmine.
W7yRN TIL they used to give out cigars for carnival prizes, hence the term "close, but no cigar" when you would lose.
jNyaj TIL of the amazing and fearless POW dog Judy, who uplifted and protected British prisoners captured by the Japanese during WW2. She skirted death multiple times and survived the war. Her “master” built her a granite memorial inscribed with her life story when she died of old age
6EEOX If you’re a mammal, no. But if you're not...