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TIL There is no Wal-Mart in NYC

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EgWx TIL The Catholic Church believed the first people to use Arabic Numerals were practicing magic and sentenced them to life in prison
6vgZ TIL There is a ship with 165 private residences on board which travels the world.
aV7J TIL that Greek mythology isn’t a dead religion: People still worship the 12 Greek gods just as the Greeks did.
mxlMy TIL a Japanese submarine was sunk in WW2 because American sailors were throwing potatoes at it