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TIL before his assassination, almost two-thirds of Americans had an unfavorable opinion of Dr. Martin Luther King.

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WkZQo TIL in Louisiana "Creole" isn't a racial identifier historically and denotes someone born in the new world as opposed to the home country no matter the race.
5DxB TIL of Obsidian. A volcanic glass so sharp, many surgeons prefer obsidian to surgical steel
LpMr TIL that one of Hitlers close friends and personal driver (Emil Maurice) had a Jewish ancestry. Hitler declared Emil and his brothers Honorary Aryans so that they could stay in the SS
oBaeo TIL the Law and Order 'sound' includes 500 Japanese men
kODlE TIL volunteer Miss Frank E. Buttolph was responsible for saving and donating 25,000 menus spanning 1850s thru the early 1900s to the New York public library. The collection provides a slice of life historical perspective to ordinary people's lives