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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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OGBw7 TIL In 2011 Justin Gaitlin managed to run the 100 metres in 9.45 seconds. This time was accomplished on a Japanese TV show with the aid from a series of fans blowing him forward, which are not allowed for actual record setting times.
1E5W TIL in the 2009 Philippines floods a teenager named Muelmar Magallanes saved 30 lives. After leaping into the rushing waters to save his family from danger, he repeatedly jumped back in to save others, including a trapped mother and baby, until too tired to fight the current he was swept away.
GP5Q TIL Most of Sony’s total global revenue comes from selling life insurance in Japan
vPVL7 TIL narwhals are actual creatures, and not mythical ones. 🤦🏼‍♀️
gmGW TIL that in a North Korean Detention Centre, an inmate’s life-span is approximately three (3) months.