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TIL That the FBI responded to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech by labeling him a major enemy of the US, while the Norwegian Nobel Committee responded by granting him the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

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xVjbb TIL Charondas - a Greek lawgiver - once issued a law saying that anyone who brought weapons into the Assembly must be put to death. One day, he arrived to the Assembly after hunting with a knife still attached to his belt. He committed suicide in order to uphold his own law.
7rGrx TIL there is a city in New Mexico called "Truth or Consequences", which got its name after a radio show that turned 10 years old said it would air its anniversary program from the first city that renamed itself after the show
PYQZ TIL that there are three underwater rock formations in the Bahamas that are made of roughly rectangular limestone blocks and look like straight roads.
8e7oG TIL the government of North Korea owns and operates a chain of over 100 "Pyongyang" restaurants around the world
W7dl9 TIL: In the past, coin purses showed social status by the embroidery and quality. Men would even gift their new bride a purse embroidered with a love story. Both men and women had coin purses or purses for thousands of years dating back to 3300 BC until pockets were invented for men in the 1700s.