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TIL that an estimated 1 of every 8 workers in the USA has at some point been employed by McDonald's

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JYMPv TIL of all movies to gross a Billion Dollars (not adjusted for inflation) the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score is TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION at 15%; the next lowest is 32%
b9o8E TIL if you publish a book in Norway, the government will buy 1000 copies (1,500 if a children's book) and distribute them to libraries throughout the country.
nelwB TIL that Texas scrapped the last meal tradition for condemned inmates after one of James Byrd Jr's killers died without having touched his enormous request
kOvn1 TIL there are 45 genes which the human species has likely 'stolen' from other species, such as worms, fruit flies and bacteria. They have not simply been passed on from our primitive ancestors. Instead they have jumped directly into the human genome in the last couple of million years.
QJD6 TIL Cold War defense computers had ashtrays