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TIL Costco’s membership fees account for about 75% of its total earnings

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x6Pa1 TIL: that in 1676 a nun wrote a letter while claiming to be possessed by the devil.
KYdYR TIL in the sixties many people thought Paul McCartney was dead and secretly replaced by a look-alike. People tried to find clues in the music and Beatles artwork and it became an international phenomen.
89wL TIL that the U.S. has committed “war crimes” with drone warfare with “Double Tap Strikes”, which directly target rescuers after an initial strike.
wLQk6 TIL In 1981 a scientist who was researching medical uses for magic mushrooms was killed in a robbery. The top suspects confessed to the crime on tape and their fingerprints were at the scene yet they were never charged, the DEA later admitted they destroyed the evidence linking them to the crime.