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TIL that Wawa Inc., a popular chain of convenience stores on the US East Coast, is 41% owned by its employees.

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wPeM TIL that 50 years ago, the citizens of São Paulo were so upset w/ their government that they elected a female rhinoceros named Cacareco (meaning rubbish) to the city council in protest. She was the top vote getter w/ over 100,000 votes.
8er54 TIL that between 1928 and 1989 Eastman Kodak Company operated according to the International Fixed Calendar, that is drastically different from the Gregorian calendar
Jn51 TIL a Senegalese officer, Mbaye Diagne, drove hundreds to safety during the Rwandan Genocide when no other developed nation would. He died on a trip when a mortar hit his jeep.
DBVj TIL a Brazilian girl died due to a 12 minute orgasm.
v1aJR TIL: Nirvana played a concert in Beunos Aires where the crowd threw mud and trash at the all-girl opening act. Kurt Cobain was so upset that he sabotaged the show by playing mostly lesser known songs and teasing 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' without ever playing it.