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TIL the founder of Safeway supermarkets was a preacher who felt that credit purchases were evil, and named his cash-only stores to promote the “safe way to shop”.

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GBaG TIL that 18th Century voracious eater Tarrare was ejected from hospital after being suspected of eating a toddler.
VAyQ TIL, Tim Storms holds the record for the lowest bass voice at G-7 or .189Hz, which the human ear cannot even detect.
4kd9a TIL about the Paria diving tragedy, where five divers were sucked into an underwater oil pipeline. Only one of the men made it out alive, but no rescue attempts were made to save the other four divers who were still alive. They tragically died inside the pipe.
0dwmA TIL Aaron Taylor-Johnson (star of Kick-Ass) married his now wife after they met on set, he was 18 and she was 42 at the time.
E1gnX TIL William Kamkwamba, after being forced to quit school at 14 due to poverty, taught himself to build windmills out of trash, using books from a local library, transformed his village with electricity and became an international celebrity. Receiving a scholarship to Dartmouth and graduating in 2014