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TIL 1.9 million Americans work for either Walmart or Amazon.

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MevvW TIL that all undergraduate students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology must pass a swimming test before they can graduate.
x6gEk TIL deep penetrating "earthquake bombs", made of almost 50% high-tensile steel, were invented by Barnes Wallis, the British inventor of the bouncing bomb used by the Dambusters in WW2. The 22,000lb / 10,000kg Grand Slam was the largest non-nuclear bomb used in WW2.
kj47 TIL that Joseph Bonaparte (Napoleon’s brother) lived in New Jersey after having been King of Spain, Sicily, and Naples. He lived off selling his jewelry and eventually moved back to Europe where he died and was buried near his brother.
Y7QLv TIL that David Orr wrote an entire book about the 20–line poem, The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost.
VBMv8 TIL cactus only grow naturally in the Americas and some can be found near the poles