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TIL that Wal-Mart is the 3rd largest employer in the world, behind only China’s People’s Liberation Army, and The United States’ Department of Defense

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MevxV TIL that Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't supposed to eat a raw bison liver during the shooting of "The Revenant." The idea was to eat a red, gelatinous pancake, but because it didn't resemble the real thing, the vegetarian decided to eat the raw liver. He later stated that he won't repeat that ever again.
7rmaL TIL Californian Native Americans used the poison oak to cure ringworm.
J1DGk TIL that rural women in Burundi greet each other with a complex musical ritual called 'akazehe'
YpD8W TIL in 1940, a woman attempted to assassinate Shirley Temple because she believed that Temple had stolen her daughter's soul. Temple was performing on stage as the woman took out a handgun and aimed, but security managed to stop her before she could shoot.
YpGEd TIL that shortly before Osama bin Laden was killed, the FBI used a Spanish MP as the basis for computer generated images of what he might look like.