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TIL that there’s a man who shops at Trader Joe’s in Seattle and buys things in bulk and then transports them up to Vancouver to his own store called “Pirate Joe's” because there are no Trader Joe’s in Canada. He’s gotten banned at some Trader Joe’s and sometimes has to put on disguises to shop.

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78bAL TIL that the U.S. planned to build the world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Superconducting Super Collider, in Texas. It was meant to surpass CERN’s LHC but was canceled in 1993 after about $2 billion were spent.
w5y7 TIL that only Bryan Cranston (Hal), Justin Berfield (Reese) and Erik Per Sullvian (Dewey) were the only characters to be in every Episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Frankie Muniz missed out on one episode.
AM5x TIL in 2004 Bungie started a viral marketing campaign called I Love Bees which had participants from all over the world answering pay phones found by decoding GPS coordinates and times from the website. Hundreds participated, and not a single phone call was missed.
kXZ5 TIL that leakage from phosphorous bombs dumped into the Baltic sea post-WWII can form pieces that look similar to natural amber deposits. These are sometimes picked up by beachcombers, resulting in serious injury when they eventually ignite.
g6bX TIL a Chinese assassin once killed a king by spending years training as a royal chief, preparing the kings favorite kind of fish and when presenting it to him pulling out a sword he baked into it and stabbing him to death.