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TIL that luxury department store Neiman Marcus gets 40% of its sales from 2% of its customers

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grALy TIL about Ashrita Furman, who has set more than 600 official Guinness Records and currently holds over 200 records, thus holding the "Guinness world record for the most Guinness world records". He has been breaking records since 1979.
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Dkjp TIL If a human dies in outer space their body won’t decompose due to no present oxygen (a key component to decomposition). A corpse could drift in space looking fresh & new for millions of years.