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TIL that a man who had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck opened his own bargain supermarket, called the Half Man-Half Price Store.

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nW7W9 TIL the color of Sun is white when viewed in outer space, outside our atmosphere
8v8K TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.
0wkO1 TIL — 7-Eleven is the only place the IRS allows taxpayers to pay their tax liability in cash. Payments are limited to $1,000 per day, cost $3.99 per payment, and only 34 states have participating 7-Eleven locations.
BJMr TIL that BP stations and Food Lion grocery stores sold the most cigarettes to minors in 2014. Each received one FDA warning letter for every 200 stores in the US
X0MYP TIL The CIA uses music to torture prisoners. Some songs include the Meow Mix commercial song, Barney & Friends theme song, Sesame Street theme song, Real Slim Shady by Eminem, and more