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TIL: There is a ½ mile long wall in Detroit originally built to separate blacks from whites

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J1gwB TIL Mannheim Steamroller was unable to find any record label to release their unusual work, so their founder Chip Davis created his own label, American Grammaphone, based in Omaha, NE. They have sold more than 30 Million albums.
kOnL5 TIL as late as 2018 an 26 year old American missionary illegally attempted to christianize an isolated tribe living on an island of the indian ocean, and was killed shortly after landing. His body was not retrieved and no legal charges were pursued.
Q7nE TIL that Stalin tried to kill Yugoslavian leader Tito 22 times. Tito then wrote him a letter reading “Stop sending people to kill me. If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”
WkwwL TIL when Stephen King was run over by a car in 1999 the driver apologised and said he'd never even gotten a parking ticket before. King, lying injured, replied: 'well, I've never been hit by a car before'.
nWGJY TIL that Led Zeppelin was scheduled to play an outdoor show in Singapore on February 14, 1972 but were not allowed into the country, they were even refused permission to get off their plane because they refused to have their long hair cut due to Singapore's law.