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TIL JC Penney was founded as a frontier store in Wyoming

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9Aa6 TIL Amtrak will attach privately-owned rail cars to their trains so you can travel between points in North America.
16W8d TIL With 5 McDonalds, Andorra has the most McDonalds Per capita of any country in the world, With around 1 McDonalds per 16,000 people. 63% higher than in the U.S.
j6ENE TIL that Orcas chase and kill Blue Whales using pack tactics, distractions, and persistence hunting techniques.
69WAX TIL that in the 60s, the US dumped 120+ tons of VX Nerve Agent into the Florida and NY coasts. For reference, a single pinhead of VX is enough to kill a human.
5Vxp9 TIL that despite selling 500k copies in its first two hours and going 7x Platinum, Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I & II albums were considered to have "underperformed" sales expectations.