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TIL that shopping carts were not popular when they were first invented. Men found them to be effeminate and women thought they looked too much like a baby carriage.

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9MAX TIL that there are voice recordings of US presidents as far back as Benjamin Harrison (in 1889), and you can listen to them online.
49Zg TIL That in 2011, a man killed his wife in a Walmart she worked at. Instead of closing the store, Walmart just roped off the part of the store covered in blood.
N0Ge TIL that during audience testing for the 2005 movie “Good Night, and Good Luck” a common complaint was that the actor portraying Joseph McCarthy was over the top, not believable. The film actually used stock footage of McCarthy himself.
8arBZ TIL to become a certified master trainer (Takumi master) for the Lexus production facility in Japan, you need 60,000 hours of training. You must also have the ability to fold an origami cat with your non-dominate hand in 90 seconds.
NjOM TIL that during WW2, a bear named Wojtek was officially enlisted into the Polish Army, was trained to salute, and enjoyed drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. He is considered to be a hero of the war, and lives on emblazoned on the emblem of the Polish Army’s 22nd Transport Company.