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TIL MLK told 60 Minutes that “A riot is the language of the unheard”

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69y6m TIL that in Major League Baseball the ball is pitched so fast that the eye cannot track it. However, the brain is able to calculate its trajectory via specialized cells, making it possible for the batter to hit it.
eO1n TIL M&M’s turned down the opportunity to be featured in Steven Spielberg’s movie ET due to the flop of his previous film 1941, Spielberg then contacted a struggling Hershey’s who put $1 million into promoting the film - Within two weeks of release Hershey’s had tripled their sales.
YPZr TIL Christopher Walken was a lion tamer as a teenager and applied for the position because, “I’ve always loved cats.”
dDYYE TIL that when 13-year-old Ryan White got AIDS from a blood donor in 1984, he was banned from returning to school by a petition signed by 117 parents. An auction was held to keep him out, a newspaper supporting him got death threats, and his family left town when a gun was fired through their window.
6906Z TIL in 2005 a typo nearly bankrupted one of Japan’s largest investment banks, Mizuho Securities. A broker mistakenly sold 610,000 shares at 1 yen each instead of 1 share at 610,000 yen. Attempts to cancel the trade failed. Mizuho lost over $225 million in minutes.