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TIL John F. Kennedy Donated His Congressional & Presidential Salaries to Charity

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697Rl TIL Stevie Wonder released the hit song “Happy Birthday” to support the campaign to establish MLK’s birthday as a federal holiday.
R7e9a TIL There is a hotel in Sweden made entirely out of ice. It is rebuilt every year.
m180E TIL that the CUORE Detector located under Gran Sasso uses lead from a Roman shipwreck in its experiments as radioactive-free shielding in its hunt for neutrinos
5YRJD TIL Michael Jackson did not perform the first moonwalk.
wLvbP TIL of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, known for the mysterious disappearances of its keepers in 1900. The entrance gate to the compound and the main door were both closed, beds were unmade, and the clock was stopped. The set of oilskins found suggested one of the keepers had left without the others.