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TIL Samuel L. Jackson is the highest grossing film actor of all time

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7rylX TIL that when America declared war on Germany in 1917, the majority of Texas A&M cadets enrolled in class were excused by the university and joined the war effort. “Graduation” was conducted at the cadets’ training facility.
nMEY TIL that Piggly Wiggly revolutionized grocery shopping in 1916 by allowing customers to select their own items, “To have no store clerks gab and smirk while folks are standing around ten deep to get waited on.”
OoNZa TIL there is a town in Alaska called Nikolaevsk that is primarily Russian-speaking
D1klP TIL that the QWERTY keyboard is deliberately a very inefficient way of typing
DyNY TIL there are 7 miles of tunnels connecting 95 acres beneath downtown Houston, w/restaurants and shops so area workers need not go outside in the heat and rain