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TIL the only reason MLK was on the hotel balcony where he would be assassinated was because he was taking a break from a pillow fight in his room

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QNLXe TIL about Magdalene Laundries, Irish asylums where women (who were disabled, sex workers, "too beautiful," or any number of things) were held and required to clean clothes daily. Some never left, as they had no family outside to vouch for them.
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