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TIL James Earl Ray was not arrested until two months after MLK’s assassination and had traveled to Canada, Portugal and England.

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1EmX TIL Kobe Bryant holds the record for the most missed shots in the NBA
epaWD TIL that, contrary to popular belief, there is only one known instance where pirates buried their treasure. William Kidd buried his treasure on Gardiner Island before he was hanged. The myth of buried pirate treasure was later popularized by novels like Treasure Island.
we7J TIL: If you hear “Would Inspector Sands please report to the operations room immediately” in a UK Railway Station, it’s an coded alert to emergency personnel that could mean anything from a fire to a bomb alert. This code is used to avoid causing a panic.
e0nrJ TIL that many Japanese companies including Canon, Toyota, and Suzuki use adoption to declare the heir of the business. The current Suzuki CEO is a fourth-generation adopted child.
WGlX TIL the last princess of Korea died in 1989, after 37 years spent in Japan, returning to Korea in tears, and resided in Changdeok Palace until her death, the last royal resident to reside there. Her parents would’ve been the last Emperor and Empress of Korea had it not been annexed to Japan in 1910.