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TIL that Kongō Gumi, an Osaka-based construction firm founded in the year 578, is the world's oldest documented company.

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jabR TIL, 5 days before he was found dead Fresno activist John Lang said the Fresno PD was going to murder him that weekend. His death was ruled a suicide from self inflicted wounds
E1MRw TIL that the "Battle of the Little Bighorn" actually took place along the Little Horn River—its junction with the Big Horn was several miles away—so the term for the battle has always been a misnomer.
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