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TIL the McRib was invented as a workaround to a chicken shortage

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x6rJk TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte wasn’t actually as short as many people believe? The idea that he was extremely short comes from a measurement conversion error between the French and British systems. In reality, he was about 1.69 m (5'7"), which was an average height for his time.
d88Gr TIL that the shop made crepes in Leclercs supermarkets are only cooked on one side!
pE8p TIL that a New Jersey grandmother rolled a pair of dice 154 times continuously at a craps table without losing. Her 154-roll winning streak broke a world records. The probability of this occurring were roughly 1 in 1.56 trillion.
p8KxG TIL Mark Hamill would ask fans camped out on his yard to retrieve the mail and look after the property when he was away.
VAMp TIL that the violent crime rate in the US has dropped dramatically in the last few decades, but the majority of Americans think it’s increasing.