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TIL Wal-Mart was founded with the intention of selling American-made products at foreign made prices.

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E1KwP TIL CIA Operative Edward Lansdale tricked Filipino Hukbalahap rebels by making it appear that vampires were Killing Their Members In The Jungle
d8o88 TIL that that the average ball point pen can write for 900m, BIC (cristal) pens have 2.5km of ink and Selter pens have 4-5km. There is also the Fisher Infinium pen that supposedly will not run out in your life time.
7rM0X TIL Bob Odenkirk and Judd Apatow wrote the infamous SNL sketch starring William Shatner telling a bunch of hapless Trekkies to "Get a life!" at a Star Trek convention
m1rMP TIL that Keith Moon (The Who) died 1978 in the same flat Cass Elliot passed away in 4 years prior. He rented it from singer Harry Nilsson who was initially hesitant because he believed it was cursed. But Pete Townshend reassured him: "Lightning won't strike the same place twice."
9wNwX TIL that around 2020, anthropogenic mass (human-made material) was expected to exceed all living biomass on earth