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TIL In 2011, four Wal-Mart employees we fired for disarming a gunman caught shoplifting.

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JBe4 TIL that humans are the best long-distance runners on the planet, able to beat horses (and everything else) in marathon distance races.
vVp7 TIL that cabbage, kale, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, Chinese cabbage and savoy are all the same species of plant, but have been selectively bred so much that they barely resemble the same genus, let alone the same species
gMnkW TIL that street dogs in Russia use trains to commute between various locations, obey traffic lights, and avoid defecating in high traffic areas. The leader of a pack is the most intelligent (not strongest) and the packs intuit human psychology in many ways (e.g. deploying cutest dogs to beg).
5YOLn TIL that Pablo Picasso's full name has 23 words and 103 characters. His full name is 'Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso'
6kyZ TIL: The Nullarbor plain: the great expanse of flat, arid, nothingness stretching across Western Australia & South Australia, many assume it’s naming is an indigenous word, but it is latin for “No trees”.