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TIL that the United States' first department store was created in Utah, and lasted around 130 years before being sold to the Macy's Corporation

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m1dwM TIL there was a 12-megaton explosion that happened over the Tunguska River in Russia on June 30th 1908. It was caused by a meteor air burst between 3 to 6 miles above Earth at about 60,000 mph. It flattened an estimated 80 million trees over 830 sq miles of forest.
a8jeN TIL that the second in line to Queen Victoria, Prince Albert Victor, was identified by 20th century conspiracists as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper murders, the motive being to suppress knowledge of either his venereal disease or a secret child with a prostitute.
Jb71 TIL Opossums have a remarkably robust immune system, and show partial or total immunity to the venom of rattlesnakes, cottonmouths, and other pit vipers.
VMpnD TIL: Researchers examined more than 1,000 decisions by eight Israeli judges who ruled on convicts’ parole requests. Judges granted 65 percent of requests they heard at the beginning of the day’s session and almost none at the end. Right after a snack break, approvals jumped back to 65 percent again.
kOn4g Today I learned: you can sue robocallers for $500 per call