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TIL Walmart lobbies congress to raise the minimum wage in order to impose higher costs on smaller competitors.

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WkVQ9 TIL the only plane allowed to take off after all flights were grounded on 9/11 was carrying antivenin to a hospital. It was escorted by two fighter jets and is credited with saving the man's life.
8e464 TIL Disney considered roughly 50 ideas for dwarfs for the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The rejected concepts, some of which made it to sketches, included Jumpy, Deafy, Dizzey, Hickey, Wheezy, Baldy, Gabby, Nifty, Sniffy, Swift, Lazy, Puffy, Stuffy, Tubby, Shorty and Burpy.
wWNY TIL, Humans can reset their circadian rhythm by only fasting once for 12 hours straight, and then take a heavy breakfast when they wake up
4kgOa TIL “Bésame Mucho” (“Kiss Me a Lot”) was written in 1941 by Consuelo Velasquez, who was about 15 years old at the time, in bolero style. Inspired by the Nightingale Aria from the opera “Goyescas” by Enrique Granados, she said that she had never been kissed when she wrote the song.
koxe TIL night vision is always green because the human eye can see more shades of green greater than any other colour.