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TIL: After 18+ years marooned on an island, the real-life heroine the novel The Island of the Blue Dolphins died just 7 weeks after being rescued

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Br1oW TIL that the Declaration of Independence states that it is the duty & right of people to overthrow a government/leadership that acts against the common interests of the people or/and threatens the safety of the people.
ybLV TIL After the fall of the USSR, the Lithuanian Basketball team could not afford jerseys for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Grateful Dead became their financiers.
eGQb TIL the Triple Crown of Motorsports, defined as winning the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Monaco Grand Prix, has only been completed by one driver ever: Graham Hill.
5Y11n TIL smelling farts can help fight against Alzheimer's, diabetes and strokes.
b9WW0 TIL Towards the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. started to reconsider his fight for Integration and even said "I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house"