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TIL that in 2001 Argentina had 5 presidents in 2 weeks.

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0DKR TIL that in 1968, the autopsy of the 39 year old Martin Luther King Jr. revealed that he had the heart of a 60 year old, likely due to the stress of leading the civil rights movement
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jNDya TIL in 2015, the judge from the Supreme Court of the United States included the quote "A great power must be accompanied by — a great responsibility!" in their opinion in the ruling of the Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC case
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E1xwd TIL In 1969 Forrest Parry, an IBM engineer, had the idea to affix magnetic tape to a plastic card. Every adhesive failed. He went home frustrated. His wife was ironing when he walked in. She suggested he fuse the tape onto the card with the iron. It was a success, and the magstripe card was born.