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TIL there used to be a Kroger supermarket in Atlanta nicknamed "murder Kroger" due to many homicides at the location.

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D1Joe TIL that elephants like to paint and play music. Some paintings have been compared to abstract expressionists like Jackson Pollock and have sold for $25,000. Other elephants have been taught to play in an orchestra and reportedly have a strong sense of rhythm and enjoy improvisation.
Nowb TIL that the US government believes killer bees are so dangerous, you should not help others but only flee as fast as you can. Don’t bother jumping into water, either; the bees will wait for you to come up for air.
4j7X TIL One company produces up to 80% of the communion wafers used in U.S. Catholic churches​. The company is a secular industrial bakery that churns out more than 25 million wafers every week.
GBB4 TIL Salman Rushdie loves Super Mario World. He played the game religiously while he was in hiding, to the great annoyance of his wife.
gV9 TIL that the Malaysian “Assassin Bug” not only kills and eats its victims, but also wears its victims corpses on its body as part of its suit of armor.