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TIL that RadioShack has been purchased by a series of organizations that then went nearly or fully bankrupt, including Tai Lopez’ holding company

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X0L76 TIL The Pokémon Snorlax was designed as a caricature of Game Freak programmer Kōji Nishino, who is known for having a large appetite. Nishino is nicknamed "Kirby" after the gluttonous video game character, which is reflected in Snorlax's original name (Kabigon).
awgZJ TIL in 2014, to protest Black Friday, Cards against Humanity only sold boxes labeled "Bullshit" to Black Friday shoppers for 6 dollars each. The boxes contained actual bull feces and some dug through it looking for a new card but found nothing but feces. The profits were donated to charity.
E1XAW TIL a Chicago Mayor, Michael Bilandic, lost his re-election in 1979 because he couldn’t get the streets plowed
Z8rQG TIL that Jamie Farr, Alan Alda and Mike Farrell who starred in the tv show MAS*H all actually were in the military and served in Korea (after the war). Farr wore his actual dog tags on the show
DQO4Y TIL Churches can buy child abuse and molestation liability coverage