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TIL TJ Maxx was originally a subsidiary of the now defunct Zayre Department store chain.

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4X5AX TIL that comedian Fred Armisen's parents were born in Venezuela and in Germany. His grandfather though was Korean who adopted a Japanese name after the Kantō massacre of Koreans in 1923. He became a dancer, and while working for Nazi Germany during WW2, was a spy for the Empire of Japan in Europe
jNnOE TIL of the Da Silva family from Brasilia, whose members have 6 functional digits in each hand.
e0ry6 TIL that Julius Caesar outlawed private vehicle use during the first 10 hours of daytime to combat traffic.
Ypbyx TIL of Tio de Nadal; a Catalonian Christmas song about beating a log partly in a fireplace with a stick in hopes it would literally poop out gifts.
4XbWJ TIL about Thimmamma Marrimanu the tree with the greatest perimeter length in the world.A distance of 846 m is required to walk around the perimeter of its canopy.