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TIL when he died, MLK was planning a Poor People’s Campaign, demanding jobs, health care, and decent homes for the poor. He wanted protesters to march on Washington and stay until their demands were met. The protest began 5 weeks after his murder.

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JOV TIL that there are more Americans in the Philippines than in the UK.
awlAZ TIL of the Second Summer of Love, a 1980s British social phenomenon that consisted of the rise of acid house music and unlicensed rave parties. The term refers specifically to the summer of 1988, where there was a rise in use of the drug MDMA and mass free parties.
jG4a TIL of Ferdinand, the 1986 Kentucky Derby winner, who was likely turned into pet food or steaks in Japan in 2002
VBjnp TIL In South Korea, a 16th-century letter written by a grieving pregnant widow to her late husband Yi Ŭngt'ae was found in his grave in 1998, resting on his chest.
9rJQ TIL British writer Norman Douglas’ last words were “Get those fucking nuns away from me.”