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GYOjJ TIL Martin Luther King Jr had a nearly 75% disapproval rating when he died.
8vRP TIL Hofstadter’s Law states: “It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter’s Law.”
Z8Y9G TIL during the 1992 L.A. riots, police officers asked the accompanying U.S. Marines to cover them while searching a house for a suspect that held his wife and children hostage. Mistaking the statement "cover them" for suppressive fire, the Marines promptly fired 200 rounds into the house.
99eQ TIL that in 1985, a volcano in Colombia that was covered in glaciers erupted, instantly melting the glaciers. Two hours later, a 100 ft deep flood of rock and water traveling 39 feet per second leveled an entire nearby village, killing 20,000 out of its 29,000 residents.
VB5PQ TIL post Algerian independence, Muslims were granted citizenship automatically while non Muslims whether indigenous or not had to apply