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TIL that Amish businesses have a 95% success rate at staying open at least five years

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4k1e6 TIL there is no evidence that giant ground sloths are responsible for dispersing avocado seeds
wpA6 TIL that the North American lottery system is a $70 billion-a-year business, an industry bigger than movie tickets, music, and porn combined.
X071D TIL Casimir Pulaski "Father of the American Cavalry" and one of George Washington's close inner circle generals, may have been a woman or intersex.
nMEY TIL that Piggly Wiggly revolutionized grocery shopping in 1916 by allowing customers to select their own items, “To have no store clerks gab and smirk while folks are standing around ten deep to get waited on.”
D1gbg TIL Otto Frank, the father of Anne Frank, attempted to gain US visas for his family but only received one for himself that was cancelled when Germany declared war on the USA. His entire family later died during the holocaust.