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TIL Costco was the first company ever to grow from zero to $3 billion in sales in less than six years.

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x6X7g TIL of 'Denny', the only known individual whose parents were two different species of human. She lived ninety thousand years ago in central Asia, where a fragment of her bone was found in 2012. Her mother was a Neanderthal and her father was a Denisovan.
4Xa4b TIL, when Johnny Cash became interested in bible study in the early 80', he published a novel called The Man In White. Having done moderately well and received positive reviews, it was said to be one of his proudest accomplishments.
v9Vx TIL of Muzzammil Hassan, a Muslim-American who founded a TV network to fight against Muslim stereotypes. He was later sentenced 25 years to life for beheading his wife.
kJPA7 TIL that squirt guns predate the Civil War. Would be General Sherman once said “Why, you might as well attempt to put out the flames of a burning building with a squirt-gun.”
dwbr TIL the University of Tokyo are developing a technology that allows tactile feedback from holograms