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

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Bavk TIL Daryl Hall and John Oates (Hall & Oates) first met each other in a service elevator of a club, while fleeing from gunfire between two rival gangs.
7NQ7 TIL Tesla was able to perform integral calculus in his head, which prompted his teachers to believe that he was cheating.
d8Zg9 TIL that the music video for “Basket Case” by Green Day, was originally filmed in black and white. Color was later added to the video, which is why the video itself looks so surreal.
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eKM5 TIL Charles Darwin referred to blushing as “the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”