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TIL that ancient scrolls can be scanned in 3D, then virtually unfolded and read

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a1KN TIL that in 2000, a meat department at a Walmart in Texas became the first store to unionize. Within two weeks Walmart eliminated all meat department positions and switched to pre-packaged meats.
MeVaA TIL The Taiping Rebellion was started by a guy in China who thought he was the brother of Jesus Christ, killing over 20-30 million people
PLRn TIL That the man who wrote the classics, ‘The Count of Monte Christo’ and 'The three Musketeers’, Alexandre Dumas, was Black.
ZyvD TIL that “Breaking Bad” writer and director Vince Gilligan became a professional writer after submitting a fan script to “The X-Files” for its 2nd season. It became an episode and he went on to be a regular writer and producer on the X-Files.
ADyGg TIL after inflation adjustment, the highest paid TV star of all time is Ray Romano for Everybody Loves Raymond