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TIL that Target Corporation runs 2 state of the art criminal forensics labs.

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awyW9 TIL about the inaturalist seek app, an app that can identify wild animals, plants, and fungi from the photos you take - with achievements for identifying new things in your area.
Bgr5D TIL a commercial for the Cocoa Pebbles cereal led Hulk Hogan to sue the company. The commercial had a character named Hulk Boulder fighting Flinstones characters. He claimed it damaged his reputation and used his image. Hogan and the company came to an agreement to never show the ad again.
kOx9e TIL Marquette University bought the original manuscripts and multiple working drafts of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" from J.R.R. Tolkien for only 1,500 pounds (less than $5,000) in 1956. At the time, no other institution had expressed an interest in Tolkien's literary manuscripts.
oB70o TIL 'The Simpsons' co-creator Sam Simon left most of his fortune to animal charities and feeding the hungry when he passed away from cancer in 2015
oByWo TIL 3 billion people still cook over open fires and millions of people die each year from smoke inhalation.