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Today I Learned: Forbidden Egyptian Discovery of an Advanced Technology

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kJwwe TIL the city of New Bern, North Carolina uses almost the same flag as the city of Bern, Switzerland, except that its bear does not have a red penis.
p6Mp TIL that in the late 80’s and early 90’s McDonalds brought in the McPizza as part of their dinner menu. Customers who were used to fast service were irritated by the long wait times for made-to-order pizza and it was discontinued. Some franchises were left with pizza ovens they paid fifty grand for.
VkJZ TIL Brazil has more Lebanese people than Lebanon.
kJvN1 TIL - The Onion Futures Act is a US law banning futures contracts on onions. In 1955 two traders bought so many onions and futures they controlled 98% of the onions in Chicago. They forced growers to purchase their stock by threatening to flood the market.
R7na TIL that in October of 1988 a group of fundamentalist christians armed with molotov cocktails staged an attack on a Parisian screening of the controversial film The Last Temptation of Christ, Injuring 13 moviegoers