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TIL: Walmart uses 22 shell companies to avoid paying taxes.

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D14dV TIL Making eye contact with an infant makes adults’ and babies’ brainwaves ‘get in sync’ with each other – which is likely to support communication and learning – according to researchers at the University of Cambridge.
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mrNM TIL that in 1955, a Sears ad accidentally printed a wrong number for their “Santa hotline”. The number rang up a secret military phone at NORAD, meant to be used in case of a Russian attack. Children called the hotline asking for Santa Claus, and the NORAD Santa Tracker was born.
x6Emk TIL The deadlist slave revolt in Amerian history was on August 21, 1831, when Nat Turner, believing he was called by God to lead African Americans out of slavery, lead a rebellion that killed between 55 and 65 White people, mostly women and children.