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TIL that a civil jury found found that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been the victim of assassination by a conspiracy involving the Memphis police as well as federal agencies. The King family sought a mere $100 in restitution to show that they were not pursuing the case for financial gain.

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OGxja TIL that the British Royal Family are the largest landowners in the world. Followed by the Catholic Church and the Inuit People of Nunavut
GOj7 TIL a 4 yo kid named Bobby Dunbar disappeared on a family trip, 8 months later they rescued him and reunited him with his family and they lived happily ever after. Nearly a hundred years later, DNA proved conclusively that the kid they rescued wasn’t Bobby Dunbar.
lDwG TIL in Japan, a few foreign cartoons including “Bob The Builder” was suggested to be edited, adding a fifth finger to the characters’ hands. The reason was that having only four fingers implies membership of the Japanese Mafia.
D1Ejj TIL about the polio epidemic of August 1952 in Copenhagen, Denmark. This epidemic ushered in the widespread use of positive-pressure ventilation, replacing the negative-pressure iron lung machine. It is also during this time that the concept of an intensive-care unit (ICU) was first introduced.
7Kb7 TIL Fracking caused a >10000% increase in Oklahoma earthquakes