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TIL of black musician Daryl Davis, who dissolved Maryland’s KKK by befriending its members.

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W7p4Y TIL that ginger is used in some parts of the world to treat flatulence and colic.
8GyG TIL that by 2008, Top Gear had gotten so popular that the waiting list for tickets for a recording had more than 300,000 names. Or 21 years worth of episodes
mPmO TIL The Lord of the Rings film series has won 247 awards, and was nominated for a staggering 453.
78wrO TIL that U.S presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day — July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the adopting of the Declaration of Independence.
Egopx TIL that none of the people who were filmed or photographed falling from the Twin Towers on 9/11 have ever been officially identified. The collapse of the towers before their remains were removed from the scene made it impossible to identify them through DNA analysis.