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TIL the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the combined bottom 40 percent of America

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R7j64 TIL During Napoléon Bonaparte's invasion of Egypt in 1798, alcohol was not available per Egypt being an Islamic country. In lieu of alcohol, Bonaparte's troops resorted to trying hashish, which they found to their liking
N794J TIL that Pete Davidson helped Alec Baldwin loose 100lbs by giving him a fake workout routine because he “didn’t want to be rude and say, ‘I just still have metabolism. I’m not in my mid-50s.’ I just wake up like this.”
b91J4 TIL: Forrest Fenn hid a box filled with millions in treasure among the Rocky Mountains and was found last month after 10 years of searching.
NX4eJ TIL about Li Xouying, who lived through the Massacre of Nanking. While 7 months pregnant, she fought off three Japanese soldiers who stabbed her 37 times; she survived and went on to advocate for the victims.
vPRyR TIL that in 2017 an 8 year old learned how to drive on YouTube and successfully drove to McDonalds while following traffic laws