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TIL-Martin Luther King Jr was once stabbed in the chest, which only deepened his commitment to nonviolence.

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dej8 TIL of a place in Norway where three time zones meet but it is illegal to circumambulate it.
DQP0j TIL an Indonesian man was killed by a saltwater crocodile while gathering for vegetables near a breeding sanctuary. In retaliation, the local village mob stormed the place killing all 292 crocodiles in revenge.
XE4g6 TIL in 1982, the CIA successfully tricked the Soviet Union into stealing sabotaged software that oversaw pump valves in gas lines. The CIA used it to close off a massive Soviet gas line, leading to a massive pressure build up and “the most monumental non-nuclear explosion ever seen from space.”
N7xo8 TIL the pilot episode for Gilligan's Island was first aired in 1992, about 25 years after the three-year series' final episode. No series finale was ever filmed.
96X6 TIL… Lead was never used in pencils. A deposit of solid natural graphite was found and presumed to be a kind of lead ore, and the name stuck.