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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.

M7418 TIL in 2006 a man bought a record, on a New York street for $0.75, that turned out to be an extremely rare 1966 Velvet Underground acetate; one of only two copies known to exist. He sold it at auction for $25,200.
0d41M TIL: There's a rare disorder called Epidermodysplasia Verruciformis, turning people's skin into tree-like bark with wart growths due to HPV. Also known as "Tree Man Illness," the disorder is inherited when an individual inherits one copy, from each parent, of a defective gene.
R7kxw TIL Richard Klinkhamer's wife "disappeared" in 1991. He then wrote a book on seven ways to kill your spouse. In 2000, new owners of his former home found the skeletal remains of his wife, and in 2001 he was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was released in 2003 for good behavior.
BrvAr TIL about Black Day, the anti-Valentine's Day, where S. Korean singles dress in black and gather together to eat dark colored food. Jajangmyeon, a savory black bean sauce over noodles, is the preferred dish for those resenting Valentine's to commiserate over.
jm6v TIL Katherine Hepburn only drank water throughout The African Queen production as a protest of Humphrey Bogart’s alcoholism. However, most of the cast and crew became sick from the water and only Bogart was unaffected because he only drank whiskey. Thank you r/movies