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TIL Walmart is not allowed in NYC, but Target is

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ZpZAo TIL that in 1945, a bulldozer in Liverpool uncovered a narrow metal cylinder containing the skeleton of a man. Diaries and other personal effects on the remains strongly suggest that the man died in 1885, but the exact circumstances of how he ended up in the cylinder remain unknown
NRW1 TIL the feelings of anxiety and distress created by not having your phone is called Nomophobia.
4X16R TIL of Brian Robson, a Welshman man who tried to mail himself back to the UK. Unfortunately, not only did he not arrive at his intended location, he instead arrived in Los Angeles in extreme pain and was barely able to move.
49Gw TIL that the gender neutral term for a niece/nephew is a nibling, just like the gender neutral term for a brother/sister is a sibling.
epVXg TIL tagging content on social media (I.e. hashtags) falls into a classification system called Folksonomy.