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TIL Trader Joe’s used to sell food under names like Trader José’s, Trader Giotto’s ,Trader Ming’s, and Trader Joe-San, but after a petition started in 2020 they’ve been since phasing them out

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LQ54p TIL the Phantom time Conspiracy theory claims the time period AD 614 to 911 never existed. The Theory claims these extra 300 years of History were fabricated in the middle ages to legitimise Otto's claim over the Holy Roman Empire. According to the theory we should be living in the year 1726.
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