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TIL If you have an IGA near you and have noticed how localized or regional the offerings are its becasue they're not a chain store like most other grocers. All IGAs are independently owned and run solely by their independent owner.. There are locations in 30 different countries!

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yVl8J TIL both Joseph Stalin (1939, 1942) and Adolf Hitler (1938) have won Time Person of the Year.
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gMYNb TIL: there are two ways to perceive time; ego-moving, where we perceive ourselves moving forward through time, and time-moving, where we perceive time moving toward us. So if asked to move a Tuesday meeting forward a day, half of people would think that meant Monday, the other Wednesday.
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