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TIL that MLK had a 75% disapproval rating when he died, largely due to White disapproval over his views on fixing economic injustice

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G0bQ TIL that voles are capable of empathizing with each other. When a vole is mistreated, other voles will comfort it and spend more time grooming it.
rRoQ0 TIL A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess was written over a period of three weeks after he was misdiagnosed with brain cancer and given a year to live.He decided to spend that year writing five novels to provide for his wife after his death. Ironically, he outlived her.
Zplop TIL in the video game "1943: The Battle of Midway" the player controls an American plane against the Imperial Japanese Navy with the Battleship Yamato as final boss. Japanese designer Yoshiki Okamoto claimed he was too young when he produced the game to understand the historical irony.
Brp1y TIL that the exclusive rights to use the color vantablack are owned by artist Anish Kapoor and nobody else is allowed to use it. As a revenge, another artist created the pinkest pink which everyone is allowed to use, except Anish
0XLN TIL when Stella Liebeck spilled McDonalds coffee on herself in 1992, it was actually hot enough (180 - 190 F) to cause 3rd degree burns on 6% of her body and caused her to get skin grafting.