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TIL that there is only one legally operated gun store in all of Mexico

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lMMV TIL that ‘the anchoring effect’ is the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the “anchor”) when making decisions
Z8QEa TIL A grizzly bear has the best sense of smell on Earth thought to be roughly 2,100 times better than a humans (7 times better than a bloodhounds) and have been known to catch scents from up to 20 miles away.
0xZN TIL The SEC was repeatedly and explicitly warned about the Madoff Ponzi scheme for 10 years by a forensic accountant. Over and over again they ignored the warnings and did nothing.
4Xe8J TIL that the "thicc" "succ" way of spelling comes from the gang Crips not wanting to use the letter combination "CK" because it stands for "Crip Killer"
wLjGW TIL Jamie Farr, the actor who played Section-8 hopeful cross-dresser Corporal Klinger in MASH, was costumed using hand-me-downs from the the 20th Century Fox wardrobe department, including garments originally worn by Betty Grable and Ginger Rogers.