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TIL that Amazon’s net profit after 20 years is what Walmart makes in 35 days

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166vD TIL E. Herbert Norman, the Canadian ambassador to Egypt (1950s), was slandered as a communist by America, pushing him to the point that he threw himself off a building in Cairo. The Canadian public would develop immense anti-American sentiment afterwards, leading to the election of John Diefenbaker
7rQbP TIL that after the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, they massacred the Jew and Muslim population, including women and children. The massacre was so large, that the Crusaders were supposedly wading in blood up to their ankles.
bkep TIL Ozzy Osbourne’s entire genome was once analyzed by scientists to determine how his body survived decades of drug abuse.
NXYjJ TIL famous Italian Tenor, Andrea Bocelli, completed a law degree and practiced law for a year before embarking on his professional music career
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