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TIL At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

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Br0ed TIL the search for the Titanic was a cover story by the US Navy to recover two sunken nuclear submarines. However, the exploration finished with 12 days to spare in which they searched and found the Titanic.
Z8PWR TIL The Beastie Boys have turned down tens of millions of dollars in potential revenue by refusing to allow their songs to be featured in advertisements. MCA Yauch's will explicitly forbid the usage of any of his songs for ads. Monster Energy drink did anyway, without permission and were sued.
R5Dj8 TIL According to legend the revolt leader Simon bar Kokhba, once found an attacked man who had his tongue and hands cut off, bar Kokhba asked the man a series of yes/no questions which he could nod to, the assailants were caught as a result. Bar Kokhba has since become a question game in Hungary.
KrVE TIL that if you connect jello to an EEG brain scan, it registers as being so alive that you wouldn’t legally be allowed to turn it’s life support off.
nWDZP TIL of German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus. He created a list of nonsensical words to test his memory. He demonstrated that increased repetitions led to increased retention, graphing the relationship in what would be known as the learning curve.