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lpE1 TIL that North Korea wanted to be paid in wheat in exchange for allowing a 7'8.5" tall player to play in the NBA.
On9Y TIL that Jackie Kennedy called Martin Luther King jr a “terrible man” and claimed he was drunk at JFK’s funeral
0dZbv TIL Shrek 2 was the highest-grossing movie released between 1997 and 2008 in North America, outperforming every Harry Potter, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Spider-Man, and Pirates of the Caribbean movie to come out during that period
neE9 TIL The reason the Allies knew about atrocities at Auschwitz was Polish captain Witold Pilecki, who let himself be captured, prepared inmates to uprise, distributed extra food, and built a secret radio transmitter. Pilecki was unknown until 1989, but was given Poland’s highest decoration in 2006.