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TIL that the FBI sent MLK a letter urging him to commit suicide

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QpW9 TIL… there is a banana plantation in Iceland, just 177 miles from the Arctic Circle
Y7n0r TIL of the pirate William Dampier, who wrote the first guacamole recipe, and gave us words like chopsticks, barbecue, and breadfruit.
Vyok TIL Internet cables that cross the Atlantic Ocean on the sea bed are only as thick as a Magic Marker Pen in deep seas. Sharks like chewing these cables though it’s not known why. Sharks can sense electromagnetic fields so they may be attracted to the current.
x8x5 TIL the Soviet Union closed down many churches and reopened them as Museums of Atheism dedicated to scientific education and anti-religious exhibitions
Bx4d TIL of Dave Shaw. A deep-water diver who,while trying to break the world record for diving,found the body of another diver who had been missing for 10 years.