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TIL in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, the entire “dream” part was actually improvised and not written on his script, rather being prompted by Mahalia Jackson, who cried “Tell them about the dream, Martin!”

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9YyeD TIL Rover Curiosity has been on Mars for 8 yrs [2012-2020] and still performing it's mission of studying the climate, geology, life support capacity & other task assigned by Mars Exploration Program (MEP)..
kOJeE All muscles are capable of cramping, but the ones farthest away from your spinal cord—in your feet and lower legs, for example—tend to be the most vulnerable to seizing up. The long, spindly nerve cells that run from the spinal cord to the toes are especially prone to damage. The prevalence of nerve damage increases with age, so the elderly are among the most common victims.
xDwg TIL the world population growth rate is decreasing and total world population could start declining around the year 2100, according to the UN.
m1nGE TIL about the story of Cimon and Pero in which a man condemned to starvation for stealing a loaf of bread is covertly breastfed and sustained by his daughter who visits him everyday in the prison.
DR6r TIL of the Latin phrase Amor fati which is loosely translated to “love of one’s fate”. It describes an attitude in which one sees everything that happens in their life, including suffering and loss, as good. It is characterized by an acceptance of the events or situations that occur