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TIL McDonald's in India do not serve beef.

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9w8O6 TIL that every champion of the FIFA Under 20 World Cup since 2007 has failed to qualify for the following edition of the tournament.
Z8Eap TIL in the 1960s, convincing newly formed African countries to align with the US was crucial in the Cold War but racism towards African diplomats was making it difficult. JFK introduced civil rights bill as a result which eventually led to the Civil Rights Act.
v19px TIL that after Batman got his junior companion Robin in 1940, its comic book sales nearly doubled, which started a rush of "kid companions" in other comic book series
BoLr TIL that Christmas for children in Medieval England meant getting extra beatings so as to ‘remind them of Herod’s cruelty’ instead of getting presents
GY07J TIL that there's actually a phenomenon for pronouncing a word repeatedly until it loses its meaning: semantic satiation