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TIL that Sam Walton, founder of Walmart, used to make his employees recite pledges that ended with “…so help me Sam.”

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v11nK TIL someone developed a method to secretly communicate with people on LSD
RJQ9 TIL A 9,000 Year Old Skeleton Was Found in a Cave in Cheddar, England Known As Cheddar Man. When CM’s DNA was tested a Living Relative Was Found Teaching School Half a Mile Away, Linking Back 300 Generations
nexVo TIL 51% of senior executives in China are women. And out of the top 50 self-made female billionaires in the world, 28 are from China.
NKMN TIL That during his last days, Hitler used a Berlin phone directory to determine how the battle was going. He would call a number. If it was answered in Russian he’d hang up. If it was answered in German, he’d ask what the person was seeing.
PJWJ TIL that before being burned at the stake in 1600, Giordano Bruno theorized a universe that was infinite, and that stars were really distant suns.