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TIL Almost 60 years ago, the FBI attempted to black mail MLK with a suicide letter due to his “world changing” influence and statements

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Oa1L TIL The last surviving ship of the White Star Line (who built the Titanic in 1908) appeared in France in 2012 and is still operable today (102 years old).
jZgp TIL: If the sun was scaled to the size of basketball; Mercury would be the size of a grain of sand-33 feet away, Earth would be the size of a BB shot-86 feet away, Jupiter would be the size of a gumball-445 feet away, and the nearest star would be another basketball-5000 miles away!
b6yv0 TIL that during World War II, was the Yellow River Break; When China destroyed their own dams & levees in a tragic attempt to create defensive water blockades. The intentional effort to thwart enemy advances led to the drowning deaths (and loss otherwise) of 400,000-500,000 Chinese civilian lives:
AlDn TIL African immigrants in Switzerland have a crime rate of above 600% that of the native Swiss population
kJ1B1 TIL: A study from 2014 shows that people perceive artwork to be superior if they are told the artist is mentally ill.