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TIL almost every elites in Atlanta boycotted event honoring MLK's Nobel Prize win. When Coca Cola threatened to move HQ away from Atlanta, 1200 people attended the event.

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xnrk TIL in 1903, dozens were killed in a Chicago theater fire. The mayor, owner, and building commissioner were all indicted; however, the only person to serve prison time was a tavern owner who looted the corpses of the victims.
awMKA TIL a Swiss company is developing a shot called "Hypo Pet", to be injected in cats that essentially makes the cat hypoallergenic to humans. Hypo Pet modifies a cat's immune system to destroy primary allergen Fel d1 before it's released through the cat's skin and saliva.
yQOew TIL - It took more than 24 years for the radioactivity from the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant accident to clear from Scotland's sheep herds.
KXrw TIL that there are actually five Dwarf Planets in our Solar System.
v1p97 TIL that the giant blades from green energy-producing turbines need to be replaced as they fatigue, and they are piling up in landfills because they can't be recycled.