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TIL that MLK Jr has a statue in Westminster Abby for being a “Modern Martyr”

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R5vxw TIL that the oldest known living land animal is Jonathan, a tortoise estimated to have hatched no later than 1832.
E6dd TIL that The Longest Straight Line You Can Sail on Earth is Pakistan to Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia – 20000 miles
Knkw TIL that according to Navajo culture the weaver of a rug would deliberately put an imperfection, called a “ch’ihónít’i” (“spirit line”), believed to allow the release of the weaver’s spirit from the woven item, and also symbolizes the perfection-in-imperfection
Dolv TIL: IKEA uses a technique called ‘bulla bulla’ - a bunch of items are purposely jumbled in bins to create the impression of volume and, therefore, inexpensiveness
oXmE TIL that more than 80 percent of clinical data is “fabricated” in China according to China’s own food and drug regulator.