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TIL Walmart is the world’s largest retail company. From 2005 to 2018 US companies dominated the ten world’s largest retailers.

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ROBw TIL that before the late 17th century, humans’ sleep cycle was divided into two periods. The first sleep usually began at dusk, lasted four hours, and was followed by an hour or so of being awake. Then we had a second sleep, lasting another four hours.
7rxbO TIL Organic does not mean pesticide free
8aLZL TIL the coat of arms of Warsaw is a naked mermaid holding a sword and shield.
PYJNn TIL Namarrkon is an important creation ancestor (in Burrungkuy (Nourlangie) N. Territory, Australia) who is responsible for the violent lightning storms that occur every tropical summer -- And he looks like an alien.
GYLnQ TIL about the board game go. It was invented in Asia some 2500 years ago and has more possible board variations than atoms in the known universe. It is so exceedingly complex that it was only in 2016 that an AI defeated a human world champion (the chess world champion was defeated in 1997).