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TIL the reason why breakfast isn’t served all day at McDonald’s is mainly because the grill temperature required to cook beef patties is significantly different from the temperature at which eggs are cooked

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oB14Y TIL barns were originally a red color because of the linseed oil and rust farmers used to paint them - this mixture dried quickly and prevented things like fungi, moss and mold from growing, as well as providing a long-lasting coating. Barns today are still painted red in honor of this tradition.
QJRee TIL of an Ugandan doomsday cult whose followers surrendered their wealth to the church. After the prophesied date passed many disgruntled followers demanded their money back. The cult leaders responded by massacring over 900 of them. The leaders were never caught.
JYWgQ TIL that the Empire State Building was constructed so rapidly (1 year and 45 days) that the steel arrived warm to the touch from Carnegie Pennsylvania.
GYK9J TIL that in WWI, the Ottoman Empire lost almost 14% of its population.
a8DkN TIL That the Confederate States of America only existed for 4 years, from 1861 to 1865.