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TIL that Martin Luther King Jr’s kids have licensed their father’s words and likeness to make millions for themselves.

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Ooa5a TIL that Chinese-run factories in Prato, Italy, the majority of which underpay workers and force them to work in horrific conditions, allow designers to put 'Made in Italy' on their labels, and charge a premium because consumers think they are buying ethically produced goods.
r8rd TIL that one of the oldest chess strategy books, from 1561, recommends playing with your back to the sun to blind your opponent. If playing at night by a fire, it advises you to cast a shadow over the board with your hand, so your opponent “will not be able to see where to play his pieces.”
16Qj8 TIL that Celine Dion represented Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Contest and won, even through she was a French-Canadian.
QJ1Xd TIL that Michael Caine's stage name was originally Michael Scott, but he had to change his name because that name had already been registered by someone else.
WQV9 TIL that Hitler justified his campaign of ethnic extermination and relocation in Eastern Europe and the USSR in part on the U.S. government’s treatment of Native Americans in the 19th Century.