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TIL That Wal-Mart has it’s own ‘radio station’ that plays the same music across every store in the country, complete with DJs, shoutouts, and the like.

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1kEX TIL Pope Paul VI spent the night of July 20,21 1969 watching the moon through a telescope of the Vatican Observatory during the first moon landing. Afterward, he praised the achievement by writing at length about the event
pYyo4 TIL forms of brain training, including music and chess, do little to improve cognitive abilities except for the specific trained skill and similar skills
LkNDV TIL The Beatles ended stadium segregation in the Deep South by refusing to perform in Gator Bowl stadium (Jacksonville, Florida). The City relented and because of that defiance, many black concert-goers were publicly among white people for the very first time.
J1Xpj TIL that Lord Nelson, one of the most successful naval commanders in British history, suffered from sea sickness throughout his career in the Royal Navy. In a letter, he wrote that "I am ill every time it blows hard and nothing but my enthusiastic love for the profession keeps me one hour at sea."
oROJ8 TIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield, whom he believed owed him a government appointment.