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TIL that CarMax was founded by the now-defunct consumer electronics company, Circuit City

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YpM5A TIL that for four years a japanese man was challengened to stay locked up completely naked in an apartment for a tv show akin to the movie the Tru-man show. when he eventually got released his diary became a bestseller in Japan
j66yX TIL about the Stadium Sponsorship Curse, which is the phenomenon of bad things happening to companies that put their name on a sports stadium.
Zp8BY TIL that through contact with Indonesian people, some Aboriginal peoples in Northern Australia have adapted elements of Islam into their native religion, including Allah himself as a funerary deity
5YZmk TIL that donkeys are extremely territorial and have a deep rooted hatred towards canines, there also more than capable of killing foxes, dogs and other perceived threats towards there herd.
aw0o9 TIL the FBI ran a 2-year investigation on a fictional anti-goth cult, Church of the Hammer, before realizing it was a parody