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TIL that WinCo Foods Inc., a popular chain of supermarket stores on the US West Coast, is majority-owned by its employees.

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5Vydp TIL Funerals Can Make Humans Surprisingly Horny
6RpJ TIL that the NY Mets still owe Bobby Bonilla $1.2 million per year until the year 2035. His last appearance in a game was 14 years ago.
xxyk TIL the Film Board of India blocked Saving Private Ryan citing violence. The Board demanded cuts that Spielberg declined, instead, he decided not to release the movie in India. The Home Minister of India saw the movie himself and, impressed, ordered it to be released uncut.
EoZx TIL: The American Lung Association states that,“In fact, when equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, marijuana deposits four times as much tar into the lungs. This is because marijuana joints are un-filtered and often more deeply inhaled than cigarettes.”
Xerj TIL That in 2009 scientists brought an extinct species back to life through cloning. The clone lived for seven minutes before dying of a lung defect.