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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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W89d TIL there’s a zipper truck on the Golden Gate Bridge that shifts the median from one lane to another to increase traffic flow in either direction.
BrZDW TIL donations made by Jewish people often contain the number 18 (like $20.18), or are multiples of 18 (like $108.00). It's called “giving Chai”.
LQBnr TIL the popular playground game of whispering a phrase down a line has a strange name variation. In the US and Canada, it is called the Telephone Game. In the UK, we call it Chinese Whispers.
woOV6 TIL of Antonio Onofri, a politician and diplomat from San Marino who managed to gain the respect and friendship of Napoleon. Due to this intervention, Napoleon promised to guarantee and protect the independence of the Republic of San Marino, even offering to extend its territory.
YpmZr TIL Sigmund Freud wrote that there are only seven jokes or wit that have ever been written: Absurdity, allusion, comparison, exaggeration, faulty thinking, word-play and reproach