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TIL that Kmart has 1 remaining store in the Continental U.S.

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nePPb TIL that the Titanic was a part of 3 large ships called Olympic Class by a company called White Star, looking forward to compete with what at the moment we’re the largest vessels in the world. 2 out of the 3 sunk in less than 1 year (with the Titanic as everyone knows, sinking in the first travel)
rNRVo TIL One of the secrets to sauropod (long necked dinosaurs) gigantism was their lungs. Bird-like air sacs allowed them to get oxygen while inhaling AND exhaling. Mammals only get oxygen when inhaling.
PYe6G TIL that in June 2017, a tire shop in Fort Worth, Texas, was robbed so often that the owner bought a guard dog. The next time the shop was robbed, the intruders stole the dog.
naar TIL Many people at Disney didn’t think The Lion King would be a success. It is the highest-grossing hand-drawn film in history.
e0BaD TIL Microsoft tried to monopolize the early web browser market by making it difficult to install other web browsers and slowing down Windows if Internet Explorer was uninstalled.