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TIL That when he died, Martin Luther King Jr had a public disapproval rating of almost 75 percent

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QJbmd TIL that Hitler was mostly inspired by Ataturk. This is told by a book written by Stefan Ihrig. The details of this and the link of the book is provided.
78Wob TIL of "Sukiyaki" by Kyu Sakamoto which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, one of the few non-English songs to have done so, and the first in a non-European language. It was the only single by an Asian artist to top the Hot 100 until the 2020 release of "Dynamite" by BTS
wLoR7 TIL that plans for the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II have been extensively prepared by most British government and media organizations since the 1960s. The codename is Operation London Bridge.
YyWd TIL that in the 2010 BP gulf oil spill BP and the US Coast Guard used a “chemical dispirsant” that they claimed broke up the oil. Instead it just sank the oil temporarily, made it 52x more toxic, did nothing to clean it up, and is extremely poisonous. BP knew all of this before using it
YpbxG TIL that Def Leppard's drummer Rick Allen's left arm was amputated in 1984 after he was involved in a car crash. He continues to play with one arm and was named one of the top 10 drummers of all time by Gigwise.