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X9g6 TIL San Diego County Inspectors, through the use of ‘Secret Shoppers’, found that Target overcharges customers on 10.3% of the items they ring up; Brookstone: 10.6%; Sears: 15.7%
kvv1 TIL, in 1850, a severe storm in Scotland eroded a hillock, thus revealing “Skara Brae”, a well preserved Neolithic settlement.
7WAb TIL there are helmets which remain completely invisible until the moment of impact.
jNmJa TIL the practice of “topping out”, a ceremony symbolizing the completion of a building or its skeleton, dates back over a thousand years and is celebrated worldwide.
mnWE TIL that CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta saved a Marine’s life after he was shot in the head during the opening days of the invasion of Iraq. Without proper tools, Gupta performed the brain surgery with a Black and Decker handheld drill. The Marine lived.