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TIL That King County, Washington, home of Seattle, has a logo that's MLK Jr's face with the county's name underneath

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Rn87 TIL when Yao Ming played his first game in Miami, the Heat promoted the game by passing out 8,000 fortune cookies. Yao wasn’t offended because he had never seen a fortune cookie, and assumed it was an American invention
xBP0 TIL in Iceland, people protested construction of a highway in fear of disturbing local elf habitat.
Y7D9A TIL of Venus Callipyge, the godess of love, known for dat ass. According to legend, two sisters were arguing over who had the nicest ass, they call over some guy to get his opinion. He was so smitten by the booty that he ran home to tell his bro, they returned and brought prosperity to the town.
65N8 TIL that the UK government is trying to pass a bill that requires all 18-26 year olds to undergo a year of national service
BrZYe TIL that NASA's Spirit Mars rover was meant to operate for 92 days. It ended up operating for 2,269 days, after which a dust storm blocked off its solar panels.