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TIL Walmart loses about 3 billion dollars a year from theft

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e0LoD TIL the USA invaded England in 1778, with captain John Paul Jones invading his home town of Whitehaven. The attack failed in no small part due to his officers stopping at the local pub for a "quick pint"
DKwe TIL of the Popsicle Index, a quality of life measurement based on the percentage of parents who feel that their child can safely walk to the nearest store and buy a Popsicle by themselves.
RB4 TIL that Dr. Ruth, America’s leading sex psychologist, is a trained sniper.
LQdpV TIL in 1971, the Texas legislature unanimously passed a resolution honoring Albert DeSalvo, self-confessed “Boston Strangler”, for work in "population control"—after the vote, Rep. Tom Moore Jr. admitted it was an April Fool's joke—to prove they pass legislation with no research.
d8mA8 TIL that the "drink 8 glasses of water a day" is founded upon a 1945 recommendation that had no medical basis. Today's medical recommendation is "drink when you're thirsty, unless you're outside on a hot day or you're elderly"