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TIL Walmart costs taxpayers 6.2 billion per year.

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XEnej TIL Before he became a children's entertainer, Blippi filmed himself pooping on people as part of his act.
6D08 TIL that a woman with no criminal history spent a month in jail after cops found what they thought was a spoon with meth residue. She was released after tests confirmed the “meth residue” was spaghetti sauce.
Oo5rY TIL that Winston Groom, the author of "Forrest Gump" the source for the titular movie, was contracted to earn 3% share of the profits. The film made about $678 million on the budget of $55 million, but Paramount did not pay Groom, using Hollywood accounting to posit that the film indeed lost money.
E1N8P TIL you only get monkeys with gripping prehensile tails in the Americas, not Africa
yQvEM TIL when actors screwed up on Tarantino's set, they had to say "Hi Sally" to editor Sally Menke as she had to sit for hours and watch the actors' different takes.