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TIL Costco Connection, the magazine sent to Costco Executive members, has the third-highest magazine circulation in the United States, behind two AARP magazines.

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eP75 TIL that the most profitable item on McDonald’s menu is its fountain drink. It costs between 13 and 18 cents to produce a drink. Therefore, when you buy a fountain drink for $1.00, they are gaining more than 80% profit per fountain drink.
n0NY TIL that when the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II needed to be moved to Paris for restoration, it was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received with the full military honours usually accorded to royalty.
Eg0EW TIL that the Roman Empire did not end with the fall of Rome in 476, the eastern half of the empire remained and lasted throughout the medieval period.
N7AE TIL Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at base of Eiffel tower almost every day because he hated it and that was the only place in Paris from which he could not see it
WZkB TIL Hitler was arrested for High Treason in 1924, of which the punishment is usually execution. The judge granted him clemency however, believing Hitler had good intentions.