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TIL that when he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. had a nearly 75% public disapproval rate

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Wk8A8 TIL that queen bees do not have barbed stingers, and therefore can sting a person multiple times without dying.
XBwX TIL that if you ever want to see what type of seeds birds in a certain area are eating, look at what plant and tree species are growing in fencelines, as birds will often perch on fences and excrete undigested seeds.
ADPnd TIL when asked to describe an “outstanding event at Yankee Stadium” for a 50th anniversary celebration of the stadium Mickey Mantle described a blowjob he got from a fan underneath the right field bleachers