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TIL Walmart was involved in a $24 million dollar bribery scandal to open stores more quickly in Mexico than the law allows.

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9Yb4M TIL that the area code 3-2-1 was assigned to Brevard County,FL to allude to the countdown sequence of the spacecrafts that launch from Cape Canaveral.
rRJKd TIL that the actor who plays Edmund Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia series is the direct descendant of both, Charles Darwin (on his father’s side) and the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼu'lláh (on his mother’s side)
0WPA TIL Chipotle Mexican Grill will never play Radiohead songs in their restaurants, claiming that the band’s “texture of sound” doesn’t fit the interior design of their restaurants.
R806 TIL there’s a UK internet service provider that is compliant with XKCD comic 806, and will transfer your tech support call to a more competent rep if you say ‘shibboleet’
VBXvG TIL in German, the word “umfahren” has two meanings: To drive around something or someone but also the opposite, to run someone over.