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TIL McDonalds own employee health benefits page warned employees to avoid burgers and fries out of health concerns

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WkGQY TIL that during World War 2, over 120 000 Japanese Americans were held in concentration camps around America, most without any reason except their race. It wasn't publicly acknowledged as a human rights violation by the US government until four decades later.
8eBKX TIL: A political decoy is a person employed to draw attention away from a politician and to take risks on that their behalf.
9YGo7 TIL that the Epaulette shark can walk on land and is able to survive on very low levels of oxygen for two hours without ill effects
GMd1 TIL in 1808, Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique dueled for the love of a woman in a hot air balloon fight 900 yards above Paris. The duel ended when Grandpre’s shot punctured Pique’s hot air balloon, causing Pique to plummet to his death.
d8pd9 TIL that approximately 11% of people have a mental health condition globally.