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TIL 96% of the U.S. Population lives within 20 miles of a Wal-Mart

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16vRP TIL American Civil Right Activist Malcolm X and Vietnamese Leader Ho Chi Minh worked at the same Boston hotel bakery at different times
XE1WQ TIL that SETI scientists believed that the chances for finding intelligent extraterrestrial life were far greater than initially expected, since Earth developed two intelligent species - humans, and dolphins.
x6P1k TIL that despite many variations on which technologies are allowed, practically all Amish have adopted the use of motorized washing machines
OoX5e Today I learned that the term used in RFID gen2 standard is "tags" and "Interrogators"
GYOBQ TIL that the Taipan, an extremely venomous Australian snake, wasnt caught alive until 1950, and the person who caught it was killed by the snake nonetheless.