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TIL that a woman sued Walmart over 2 cents and won

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NXrK1 TIL that with a median age of only 15.2 years, half the population of Niger is too young to remember the last military coup in 2010.
8a4BL TIL the forest products industry's answer to "The Lorax" was "The Truax", which taught kids the importance of logging.
5YxBk TIL the Abraham Lincoln Battalion was a group of American fighters in the Spanish Civil War, including a vaudeville acrobat, a rabbi, and the first African-American ever to lead white troops into battle.
P1OPZ TIL in 2009, BlackBerry held 56% of the U.S. smartphone market, Fortune magazine ranked RIM as the fastest growing company, and the BlackBerry Curve was the best-selling smartphone in the U.S.
vQnr TIL that the drug Daraprim costs about 5 cents in India compared to $750 in the United States!