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TIL the Memphis Sanitation Workers' Strike that brought Dr. King to Memphis, where he was assassinated, began after two workers were crushed to death in a garbage truck.

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JYGe4 TIL "larger crocodiles can go for over a year without eating a meal. In extreme situations, crocodiles appear to be able to shut down and live off their own tissue for a long period of time."
obDY TIL that bread did not exist in Japan until 1543, when it was brought to the archipelago by Portuguese missionaries. The new food was initially popular, but disappeared once the country cut ties with the west. It would not be eaten again until the 19th century.
E1dZP TIL of the Surya Siddhanta, a book written in 4th century CE in India which describes the Earth’s diameter as 8000 miles (7928 by current standards) and the spherical shape of the earth also providing an accurate distance of the Moon from the earth before much before Galileo.
mdlx TIL Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them
oaAo TIL the movie “The Taming of the Shrew” had a tagline that read “"A motion picture for every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved… and for every woman who deserved it.”