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TIL after MLK won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize, Atlanta's business elite opposed an interracial celebration. Paul Austin, chair/CEO of CocaCola (1962–1981) & supporter of MLK summoned them & dared to move CocaCola's HQ out of Atlanta. Every ticket to the dinner was sold in 2 hours after the meeting

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rRe4w TIL of Mount Kemukus, a hilltop shrine in Central Java where people go to have sex with other pilgrims who are total strangers, to bring goodluck.
J17bV TIL that Chris Ballew, best known as the lead singer of The Presidents of the United States of America, released over twenty albums of children’s music under the pseudonym Caspar Babypants.
YpARA TIL that Domestic Cats are considered the most dangerous invasive species globally. The extinction of 63 different species of birds/mammals/reptiles can be directly attributed to them.
GY6LG TIL that on August 16, 1858, Queen Victoria sent a message of approximately 100 words to U.S. President James Buchanan. It took nearly seventeen hours to transmit by Morse code through about 2,500 miles of cable at a depth of often more than two miles.
KerR TIL Walmart was involved in a $24 million dollar bribery scandal to open stores more quickly in Mexico than the law allows.