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TIL that Kmart still exists in Australia

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4xGJ TIL that in 2012, a blind woman wrote a book on a notepad with rubberbands wrapped around to indicate lines. Her son read chapters back to her for edits then sent them to typesetters. Once, she gave her son 26 blank pages because the pen lost ink and police helped reform it in a five-month effort.
Wk1JY TIL that the King of Jordan, Abdullah bin al-Hussein (then prince), made a cameo in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 1996
gMP0X TIL that the ‘Scotch’ in Scotch Tape is a pejorative, and originally referred to a stereotypical stingy Scotchman.
D116v TIL Nickelodeon's "Gak" was named by Double Dare crew members during a road show in Philly. At the time, "Gak" was the street term for heroin.
gMxa9 TIL Our Sun has "Sunquakes" generating waves reaching 2 miles high and reaching speeds up to 250,000 mph.