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TIL Target Canada closed down all 133 retail locations and laid off 17,600 employees after less than two years

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XEmRk TIL that in Desert Storm in order to avoid trench warfare, the US put plows on Bradleys which drove along and filled 70 miles of defensive trenches obliterating thousands of Iraqi soldiers by burying them alive. Not a single American was killed during the attack.
oQgL TIL at one point in the late sixties, a plane was hijacked and diverted to Cuba more than once a week.
plwO TIL that King Louis XIV lived and ruled so long (72 yrs) that he is not only the longest reigning ruler of Europe, but his successor, Louis XV, was neither his son, nor his grandson, but his great-grandson.
X0DNr TIL there is a Starbucks at the CIA known as "Stealthy Starbucks" that does not show up on GPS. Employees must go through extensive background checks and names cannot be written on cups, even aliases.
kwLB TIL The Greeks had no word for the color blue.