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Today I learned the United States government agencies and Lloyd Jowers were found responsible for killing Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and frame James Earl Ray.

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N7Em8 TIL of "Dr. Death". Jack Kevorkian claimed to have performed physician-assisted suicide of at least 130 people.
kY7B TIL: That one UK citizen a week changes their middle name to “danger” via Deed Poll.
XAYD TIL, that the german police force fired only 36 shots in 2012, killing a total of 8 people.
J1nZ1 TIL before the West-Point class of 1915. The term “The class the stars fell on” was previously applied to the class of 1886, which produced many general officers for WW I. 25 of the 77 graduates became generals and the class included John Pershing and Mason Patrick.
AD9Kg TIL an undercover officer was led on a chase of a suspicious person. A CCTV officer used cameras to tell him where the suspect was at throughout the chase. After 20 minutes they discovered that the "suspect" was actually the undercover officer chasing himself at the direction of the CCTV officer.