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TIL that the founder of Jimmy John’s is a big game trophy hunter

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neYAP TIL in ancient times some inuit people did not have access to enough wood for their sleds and often used frozen fish wrapped in skins in place of runners. They used blocks of ice to reduce drag.
ADo6B TIL about the Wendy's massacre, in which a former disgruntled employee shot 7 Wendy's employees execution style after bounding and gagging them in the restaurant freezer, all for $2400.
ZpxQQ TIL that Koreans have had heated floor technology since at least 1,000 B.C.E.
kZAW TIL Tree roots from different trees can physically fuse together; “like connecting [the] blood vessels of two different people. One tree gives the other tree a permanent transfusion.”
loZQK TIL Electrons from an alkali earth metal can be dissolved in liquid ammonia, creating a shiny, gold liquid 'solvated electron' solution.