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What appears to be the unedited transcript of the full 1965 interview of ML King has been discovered. Martin Luther King’s famous criticism of Malcolm X is a misquotation.

by HistoryBuff May 10, 2023, 5:45 pm

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TIL The biological father of Martin Gore, founding member of Depeche Mode and its musical driving force, and key figure in the New Wave, Synth Pop, and Alternative Dance music genres, is African American. Gore himself only learned when he turned 30 and has since visited him in the American south.

by whatilearned April 18, 2023, 2:47 pm

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TIL Swedish record producer Max Martin is the songwriter with the third-most number-one singles on the chart, behind Paul McCartney and John Lennon

by whatilearned April 18, 2023, 4:42 am

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TIL that MLK’s father changed their shared name from Michael to Martin Luther following a trip to Germany, where the Protestant leader was from

by whatilearned April 13, 2023, 6:19 pm

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TIL actor John Lithgow’s childhood babysitter was Coretta Scott, the future future civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King.

by whatilearned April 6, 2023, 8:58 pm

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TIL Martin Winterkorn The former Volkswagen CE0 is an international fugitive. He was indicted by the United States, And Germany and is wanted by the Environmental Protection Agency for Conspiracy to Defraud the United States, Conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Conspiracy to violate the Clea Air Act.

by whatilearned April 4, 2023, 6:39 pm

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TIL that Rick Moranis, Martin Short, and Robin Williams were all considered to play the lead role in The Mask (1994). Director Chuck Russell picked Jim Carrey after seeing him on the sketch comedy show “In Living Color”, but Nicolas Cage and Matthew Broderick were also kept in consideration.

by whatilearned March 26, 2023, 1:50 am

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What do Martin Sheen and Donald Trump have in common?

by cringeyjokesman March 3, 2023, 1:04 am

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TIL 6 Years After Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated, his mother Alberta was shot to death in her church

by whatilearned February 24, 2023, 3:28 pm

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TIL The Marvel No-Prize is a empty envelope that Marvel awarded fans for “meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom”. Typically it was won by submitting an explanation for an error in a comic, but rules varied from author to author. The prize was inspired by George R. R. Martin.

by whatilearned February 23, 2023, 1:27 pm

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TIL that Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman and his wife had tickets on the Hindenburg when returning from their honeymoon in Europe in 1937, but were unable to secure seats together, so they took alternative transportation instead, avoiding the Hindenburg disaster

by whatilearned February 6, 2023, 10:40 pm

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Rothfuss, lynch, and martin are all complete scumbags.

by CopyPastaArchive February 4, 2023, 8:34 am

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