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TIL in 1999 the family of MLK filed a wrongful death suit claiming James Earl Ray was innocent and a government conspiracy assassinated King. The jury came out in agreement with the King family, finding that there was a conspiracy.

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YlyW TIL in 1926, Agatha Christie vanished without a trace. Thousands of volunteers helped search, along with planes in the sky, and dogs on the ground. After 11 days, a musician recognized her at a hotel, where she was living under a fake name. Christie died without ever having explained her absence.
0dkOL TIL the Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco is the largest celebration outside of asia
OG54 TIL that Frank Zappa pulled his kids out of school at age 15 and refused to pay for college.
mxl8E TIL that the man who plays the alien in “Alien” was a 2.08m (6’10”) Nigerian named Bolaji Bandejo, and the filmmakers came across him in a bar by pure chance. While on set, a special swing had to be constructed so Bolaji could sit because the Xenomorph’s tail got in the way.
nWrgr TIL in 1990 an 8 year old girl with cerebral palsy named Jennifer Keelan left her wheelchair and crawled up the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building to urge Congress to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act which had been stalled in committee. It was signed into law a few months later.