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

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oEWr TIL the last Attorney General to break with POTUS was Elliot Richardson, who resigned after Nixon ordered him to fire the Special Prosecutor of the Watergate scandal
Ajmo TIL of Tan, a patient in a French hospital who was cognizant and alert, but had paralysis in his right arm. He could only say the word, “tan”. When the man eventually died, Paul Broca examined his brain finding a lesion in the frontal lobe, a spot we now call Broca’s Area.
R79m7 TIL a bit of composite material could greatly inhibit the spread of germs among air travelers, who come in contact with some 3 billion others annually.
nJGG TIL the Great Pyramid of Giza was once covered in highly polished white limestone, before it was removed to build mosques and fortresses.
PYJ6O TIL in early 1900, It was common to give dentures as a wedding gift in Britain, Denmark and some parts of Canada, as it was expected that all teeth would eventually be lost, and the gift was thought to help ease the cost of replacement of teeth.