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TIL police are called to Walmart stores 3-4 times as often as they are to other big-box retailers like Target. 25% of all arrests in St. Petersburg, FL and 92% of larceny calls in Granite Falls, NC are attributed to single Walmart locations in each city.

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7PGr TIL Slinkys were used in the Vietnam war as mobile radio antennas. They would sling the Slinky over branches and extend the range of their radios
o8Ko TIL Ancient Egyptians belived that the universe was created due to an ejaculation and Egyptian Pharaohs were required to masturbate ceremonially into the Nile.
y4Pe TIL the ‘pirate accent’ is entirely based on the performance of Robert Newton in the film Treasure Island.
gra0L TIL the German Band Rammstein, has a box of CD that includes six dildos molded from each of the member's penises, handcuffs and lube. And I think that's another way to 'feel' their music.
Wl6N TIL of “Last Thursdayism”, the idea that the universe began to exist last Thursday, with everything (including our memories) all formed at the time of creation (last Thursday) in a state such that they appear much older