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TIL that a man working at Kmart in the 80s and 90s saved a collection of cassette tapes that were sent from Kmart's corporate office to be played over the in-store speaker system while people shopped. He later digitized the tapes and uploaded them online where they can be heard today.

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5JMD TIL Russia trained and deployed about 40,000 anti tank dogs in WW2. The dogs were loaded up with explosives and trained to run under tanks where they would be detonated. Many dogs got scared, returned to their own trenches, and killed their Russian trainers.
B9Qb TIL Marilyn Monroe’s mother was schizophrenic, which caused Marilyn to live in several foster homes and orphanages. In two of these, she was sexually assaulted by the foster father. When she was 16, her foster family married her off to keep her from going back to foster care when they moved
4XlpX TIL of the condition Hikikomori which is seen among the youth of Japan and is also seen in UK, US, etc. Hikikomoris are reclusive adolescents or adults who withdraw from society and seek extreme degrees of isolation and confinement. It is estimated that there are about a million hikikomoris in Japan
WkKkN TIL the inventor of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups worked for Hershey before starting his own company. Some sources claim H.B. Reese was laid off, others claim he quit.
KYDkE TIL one of the first attempts to make a numerical (0-10) pain scale involved burning the hands of women in labor and asking them to compare the pain to contractions.