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TIL that Foot Locker is the successor and legal continuation of the famous Woolworth’s, one of the largest department store chains of the 1900s.

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l7ee1 TIL that Tommy Zeigler is the longest-serving death row inmate in the United States. He was sentenced to death by Florida in 1976 for killing 4 people in 1975. Over nearly 50 years, a team of lawyers, a private investigator, a true-crime author and others have uncovered major issues with the case.
xVpew TIL that eating dandelion leaves can actually help fight cancer, and they're good for your yard and lawn!
lo7Br TIL of Emad Salem, the FBI informant involved in the first WTC bombing whose offers to thwart the bombing was ignored by his FBI handlers
KOpr4 TIL Joseph Stalin originally trained as a priest in an Orthodox Spiritual Seminary. He at first achieved high grades, but later lost interest, declaring himself an atheist. He was known to stalk out of prayers, refuse to doff his hat to monks, and was confined to a cell for his rebellious behaviour.
mxAPR TIL of bematists of ancient Greek and Egypt, trained professionals who were hired to measure distance by counting their highly accurately spaced steps. The mathematician Eratosthenes worked out the circumference of the Earth using bematists' work.