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TIL JCPenney tried to do away with fake retail sales and implemented flat rate pricing. They failed miserably and lost 700 million dollars.

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J4YQ TIL that the pyramids in Egypt were originally white and smooth, as they were encased in marble.
KGn6 TIL one of the Congressional originators of the House Committee on Un-American Activities was a Soviet spy
dDmKK TIL that in the first English release of the Game Boy Advance game Tales of Phantasia, the translators accidentally referred to the end of the world as "Kangaroo" instead of "Ragnarok"
ex1g TIL in the film Batman returns, Michelle Pfeiffer had to be vacum-sealed into her costume. She could only wear the costume for limited amounts of time to avoid passing out. In the costume, she could barely hear herself and had to be told when she was speaking too loudly by director Tim Burton.
wBwo TIL; Admission to Canada’s nation parks is free all of 2017 because it’s Canada’s 150th year celebration