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

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BYpk TIL Numerous people have been killed singing the Frank Sinatra song “My Way” in karaoke bars in the Philippines. The news media has recorded at least half a dozen “My Way Killings” in the last decade, and many bars have removed the song from their playbooks.
eng4 TIL there was a hobo convention in 1889 and they created a set of laws to govern the nation-wide hobo body
NwbE TIL wearing green on St Patricks Day is symbolic of Irish Catholics but Irish Protestants wear orange
Me997 TIL Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth much less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949. In addition, the presidential pension was created in 1958 when Truman was again having financial hardship.
6mN7 TIL that only 3 WWE wrestlers uses their full, birth name. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, and Mark Henry