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TIL that Aldi operates the supermarket chain Trader Joe’s.

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Oox5a TIL that Pablo Picasso carried around a revolver loaded with blanks, which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings
GYn9N TIL that the musician Moby's great great great uncle, Herman Melville, wrote Moby Dick.
14oP TIL that there’s a stinky, phallus-shaped mushroom can instantly trigger an intense female orgasm
JyYQ TIL in 1992 a South Carolina man tied his wife’s hands and feet with rope, covered her mouth and eyes with duct tape, turned on a video camera, and raped her. At his trial, the man testified, “No, I didn’t rape my wife. How can you rape your own wife?” The jury took less than an hour to acquit him
DQGjJ TIL that Helicobacter pylori is the only bacterium known to cause cancer. It is responsible for an estimated 89% of all gastric cancers and is linked to the development of 5.5% of all cases cancers worldwide.