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TIL That all of McDonalds’ delivery trucks in the UK, have been running on used cooking oil from their restaurants since 2007.

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wLPxM TIL that a picture of a giant robot helping Russia revolutionaries storm the winter palace in 1917, was accidentally used in an Australian history exam. Some students wasted time in trying to figure out what the giant robot was, thinking it was a statue of a Russian politician or a battleship.
kLRg TIL that when watermelons are grilled or baked they lose their granular texture and can even be used as meat substitute, a “watermelon steak”.
W7E1N TIL that the UK used pit ponies (for coal mines) until 1994, then waited until 2011 to propose removing legislation governing pit ponies. And the last four working pit ponies were called Alan, Carl, Tom and Flax.
NOPE TIL that German law prohibits the killing of animals without reasonable cause therefore kill shelters are outlawed.
P1bXg TIL many members of the Yakuza are actually Korean