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TIL FBI sent a letter to MLK trying to convince him to commit suicide.

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0dZj5 TIL Canada has the only walled city in North America. One of the most fascinating facts about Canada is that Quebec City is the only city north of Mexico that still has fortified walls. First the French, later the English, built up Quebec City’s fortifications between the 17th & the 19th century.
kR4m TIL Some Chinese police use geese instead of police dogs due to better vision and aggressiveness
lGwB TIL that underneath the surface of Nefertiti’s bust is a sculpture of an older and more wrinkly Nefertiti
wdg8 TIL the GPS is owned by the United States and was originally developed for military usage but made freely-available in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan after Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was shot down
GRoQ TIL In 2008, the Dutch voted ‘Swaffelen’ as word of the year. It means to repeatedly smack one’s penis against something