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TIL that Malcolm X was the inspiration for Magneto and Martin Luther King Jr. was the inspiration for Professor X

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78pb7 TIL that the term mortician was invented as part of a PR campaign by the funeral industry, which felt it was more customer-friendly than undertaker.
O8M4 TIL if you are an American who finds bird shit on an island not under another countries’ jurisdiction, you may claim that island for America.
R7B9 TIL that there are still 3.5 Million dial up AOL users
b9gm7 TIL: Research shows that congratulating a toddler by praising them directly can discourage them from working hard because they believe their abilities are "fixed" at a high level.
b6rJE TIL after the Mexican government refused to pay damages to a French pastry chef who's shop in Tacubaya was looted, French King Louis Philippe I. got involved, leading to the Franco-Mexican Pastry War of 1838.