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TIL until 2008, Walmart Mexico was paying its employees with gift cards only redeemable at Walmart.

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pj7G TIL that before the invention of postage stamps, the recipient of a letter or package had to pay the postage when they received it, effectively buying their incoming mail from the postal service
LPkp TIL that in 1976 Olympic relay the flame was transmitted as a radio signal from Greece to Canada, triggering a laser beam to relight the fire.
8awA8 TIL that a Nepali doctor Sanduk Ruit has restored the eyesight of over 100000 patients across Asia and Africa
Bg4Qk TIL Bailey's Irish Cream was invented by an Englishman and a South African (who happened to also develop the brand KerryGold)
RWgj TIL that it currently costs 2000 lives a year to power Beijing, but only 200 lives a year to give twice the power to New York simply because of clean air laws. If China and America went full nuclear, those stats would drop to 0.6 and 1.2 lives a year respectively.