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TIL an audit at the University of North Carolina found that one of its most reliable servers had been walled off for 4+ years without anyone even noticing

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WbRB TIL in 2011 a man killed his wife inside of a Walmart and rather than close the store they just roped off the gory crime scene while police investigated.
6E477 TIL that SeaWorld did everything in its power to conceal the mistreatment of orcas and the killings and injuries induced by their most popular orca, Tilicum, going so far as to blame the trainers knowing full well the whales were being mistreated to the point of mental and physical degradation.
gdED TIL that Oprah Winfrey is currently North America’s only black billionaire.
9p96 TIL Gasoline used to be so worthless, that petroleum refineries would simply throw it away.
kKd7 TIL the place name Kandahar in Afghanistan loosely translates to “Alexander” as in Alexander the Great. Khandahar was one of the cities named Alexandria established during Alexander’s conquests.