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TIL that Trader Joe’s is owned by the Aldi Group.

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wVm1 TIL musicians brainwaves sync up when they play music together
OlnY TIL that when the Pope addressed the European Parliament in 1988, the future Northern Irish first minister Rev. Ian Paisley interrupted by shouting “I denounce you as the Antichrist”. German MEP Otto von Habsburg, son of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, responded by punching him in the face.
6EEx7 Asking for a friend.
gLPX TIL Marvel ended the Fantastic Four comic and plans to replace the X-men with the lesser known Inhumans, all because FOX won’t give them back the movie rights to X-men and Fantastic Four
7rPmX TIL Elton John answered an ad for a talent search. After failing the audition he told the person behind the desk that he can't write lyrics. He was handed an envelope with lyrics by another person who answered the ad and failed the audition Bernie Taupin, who then wrote the majority of Elton's songs