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TIL that Wal-Mart used to routinely lock overnight workers in the store, often without a key-holding manager present and sometimes even chaining the fire escape shut

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yV7Bv TIL that malaria was once used as a treatment for syphilis with about a 25% effectiveness rate
OGDjg TIL about "Nanokids" organic compounds shaped like humans
nW9QG TIL that when Roland Ratzenberger died in a crash in the Formula1 race in Imola in 1994, the car computer registered a deceleration of 500 G, the highest ever recorder in an F1 car.
BL0k TIL that Bryan Henderson is so dedicated in removing the phrase “comprised of” off the entire Wikipedia up to the point that he has made 47,000 edits in the last 8 years and has written a 6,000 word essay in his user page explaining why he thinks it’s an egregious error.
looVA Short answer: Yes