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TIL there was a House for sale where you can live in US and Canada at once that cost $109k with 24 hour armed security on each side and a bolted shut door

by whatilearned May 17, 2022, 11:30 pm

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TIL McDonald’s was 90% owner of Chipotle restaurants until 2006 when they sold their shares for $1.5 Billion. Today Chipotle is worth over $35 Billion and among the 500 most valuable companies on earth. Part of the reason for the sale was disagreement over adding drive thrus to Chipotle locations.

by whatilearned May 14, 2022, 3:27 pm

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My son asked if there is anything he shouldn’t buy at a yard sale.

by cringeyjokesman May 7, 2022, 3:16 am

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For sale: French WWII rifle

by cringeyjokesman May 6, 2022, 6:27 pm

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Republicans in Congress have proposed a bill to ban the sale of shredded cheese in supermarkets across the country

by cringeyjokesman April 28, 2022, 11:56 pm

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A pastor walked by a ranch when he noticed a sign, “Christian Horse for Sale”

by cringeyjokesman April 26, 2022, 5:25 pm

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TIL there was a Pee Tax in Ancient Rome. Vespasian imposed a urine tax on the sale and distribution of urine from Rome’s public urinals (which apparently had resale value).

by whatilearned April 14, 2022, 7:46 pm

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TIL about The 127 Yard Sale in the U.S. It is the World’s Longest Yard Sale and happens the first Thursday thru Sunday in August each year. It’s 690 miles long and spans 6 states.

by whatilearned April 5, 2022, 1:39 pm

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TIL Until 2015 Florida had a prohibition era law on the books that prohibited the sale of beer and other malt liquors to containers that held either 32 ounces or fewer or 128 ounces or more. Any container between those, such as the 64 ounce growlers used by craft brewers, was banned.

by whatilearned March 7, 2022, 9:39 am

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TIL that in the late 1800s, religious activist and U.S. Postal Inspector Anthony Comstock destroyed more than 30,000 pounds of books, and influenced Congress to ban the sale of “obscene” books. The resulting law was so broadly applied that some medical textbooks became illegal.

by whatilearned February 15, 2022, 10:46 pm

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Joe wanted to buy a Harley motorcycle. He didn’t have much luck until one day, he came across a Harley with a ‘for sale’ sign on it …

by cringeyjokesman February 15, 2022, 6:20 pm

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TIL In 1985 Microsoft and ASCII built a 18 meter tall, 30 meter long dinosaur in Tokyo to celebrate the sale of 1 million MSX computers. Bill Gates did not know about this promotion (that cost at least 750,000 dollars) and it led to Microsoft and ASCII parting ways.

by whatilearned February 14, 2022, 11:37 pm

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