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TIL Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech is owned by CBS and it is illegal to distribute it

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Oor7X TIL in 1987, 18 month-old Jessica McClure fell into a well in a backyard in Texas. CNN covered the rescue effort, which took 56 hours, and the story found worldwide attention. In 2011, McClure, aged 25, received a trust fund of donations from around the world. She has no memory of the event.
GYpNJ TIL Australian athlete, Peter Norman, is only now being recognised for his brave actions in the 1968 Olympics. “I’ll stand with you”, he said to Tommie Smith and John Carlos as they raised their fists in one of the most powerful images of all time. However, the Olympic committee ostracised him.
lolwK TIL that “Don’t Mess With Texas” originated as an anti-litter slogan in the ‘80s
BrPkk TIL turning the subtitles on for kids' TV massively improves their reading
rR6Zw TIL after a Taliban fighter successfully shot down an American CH-47D Chinook, he bragged about it over his radio. Signals Intelligence was able to determine who had made the call and after only 2 days, an F-16, a C-130, and two Apache Gunships killed him and 5 others using their combined firepower.