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

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AD1vn TIL that rigor mortis in the dartos muscle in the scrotum may lead to post mortem ejaculation of semen and may get wrongly interpreted to sexual activity just before death.
8aL68 TIL the flag patches on a soldier’s uniform are reversed to mimic a real flag that if being carried into battle would flow backwards in the wind when marching forward into battle. If it were displayed normally it would look like the soldier was retreating.
OoPN4 TIL that a guy deposited and cashed a fake $95,000 junk mail check and didnt return the money due to an angry phone call he received from the bank.
R59J6 TIL that the US Government once experimented with seeding clouds to weaken hurricanes (Project Stormfury), ultimately learning that their method was just duplicating a process which already occurs naturally (eyewall replacement).
nePL7 TIL that the confederate president tried to escape capture dressed as an old women at the end of the civil war