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TIL there are no Walmarts in New York City due to intense opposition from local unions and politicians

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EgPOW TIL Internet Group Suicide was common in Japan in the early 2000's - the phenomenon of committing suicide with a group of random people who met on online forums
Z9GG TIL UNICEF tried to provide clean drinking water for people of the Bengal Delta by drilling wells. The ground was contaminated with Arsenic and ended up poisoning over 50 million people.
78ov7 TIL About CRISPR-Cas9’s New Frontier: Rewriting Genetic Memories and sickle cell disease.
4v66 TIL Alan Rickman staunchly defended Kevin Costner’s much criticized accent in Robin Hood, stating that 20th-century colloquial American was a lot closer to 12th-century Anglo-Saxon than modern British English.
xV5Jb TIL Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden fame is a legit 747 pilot and on one occasion flew British troops back home from Afghanistan.