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TIL of Friedman’s Golden Arches Theory that no two countries with MacDonalds have ever gone to war

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l7RMN TIL Space Shuttle Columbia and Enterprise were initially fitted with ejection seats borrowed from the SR71
LQYN0 TIL about the 'Library of Alexandria in the 21st Century,' a modern library in Egypt built to honor the ancient Library of Alexandria.
ANAKx TIL In 1906 Andrew Carnegie formed the Simplified Spelling Board to fix spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevent was ready to impose their recommendations but he and Carnegie disagreed on how to get the public to adopt. So we're still stuck with that "d" and "e" in Wednesday.
e0Nxb TIL that pregnancy is counted from the first day of the last period. So if you were to conceive in the week before your period, you’d already be approx. 3 weeks pregnant (assuming a 4 week menstrual cycle)!
EgQwo TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the groin which landed him on the 15-day disabled list. In his first game after returning, teammate Ken Griffey Jr. conspired with those in charge of the PA system to have Beltré's at-bat intro music be the opening march from The Nutcracker Suite.