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TIL that as CEO of Walmart US, Greg Foran would go undercover as a shopper

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vPRN7 TIL the number of glass-related injuries in the Oklahoma bombing in 1995 led to the review of glass used in buildings 'at risk', and a modern blast-resistant standard can be seen at work in the laminated glass windows shot at by a disgruntled individual in the Canberra Airport, Australia this week.
vdPj TIL that there are more tigers kept as pets in Texas than there are wild tigers in India
GAXVG TIL about “Lucy”. A white dwarf star, that is one of the largest diamonds in our local region of the universe.
OGayY TIL that a fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997!
rNJMx TIL the dumb and dumber mocking bird song is a real song.