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TIL the supermarket chain Publix has never laid off an employee

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Lk7Am TIL the HMAS Melbourne was initially sold for scrapping, however China bought the rights to scrap and instead fully documented and analyzed the designs for their own carrier program. Decommissioned in 1982, reports suggest it was not scrapped until 2002, having been used for training in those years.
JnmV TIL “In 2013, Star Wars was translated into Navajo, making it the first major motion picture translated into any Native American language”
GYXJG TIL that before Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide, he helped free a Colorado woman who was convicted of murder despite her being handcuffed in the back of a police car at the time. She would have served a life sentence without parole and was freed just one month after his death.
jMNE TIL Alligator blood can destroy many bacteria and viruses, including HIV!
rbod TIL the rarest Olympic Medal is the Pierre de Coubertin (aka True Spirit of Sportsmanship) medal. It is awarded less than once per Olympics.