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TIL Walmart Loses $3 Billion a Year to Theft

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8ADP TIL that Bill Gates told the creators of the Altair 8800 that he was working on a BASIC interpreter for the computer when he, in fact, was not and didn’t even own an Altair. When the president of the company asked for a demo, Gates made an Altair emulator with a BASIC interpreter within a few weeks.
d8Eor TIL that so many Soviets died during WWII that a Soviet male born in 1923 had just a 20% of surviving until his 23rd birthday.
xVNeB TIL many people in Switzerland eat cat and dog meat, particularly at Christmas.
R7bG6 TIL James Hong (Lopan from Big Trouble in Little China) served in the US Army during the Korean War, but he was so entertaining to the other troops in training camp that the camp general requested he stay at the camp to be in charge of live shows rather than deploy overseas.
9GQX TIL there’s a street in London named “Gropecunt Lane” which refers to it’s historical use for prostitution.