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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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9YPZ6 TIL The dimples on a golf ball allow it to travel up to twice the distance of a smooth ball. The dimples increase lift and decrease drag
JYEpQ TIL that it's only been illegal to sell your organs in the US since 1984, mainly to prevent the wealthy from having an unfair advantage.
lokPG TIL in 2007, a guitar intended for charity and signed by Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mark Knopfler, Bill Wyman, Gary Moore, Pete Townsend & Brian May, was 'lost' when it was given to a parcel company. The guitar appeared 10 years later in an on-line auction and was recovered by the police
VMorQ TIL there is a condition called Aphantasia, where a person is unable to conjure up visual images in their imagination. When they close their eyes and think of an object, there is no visual imagery of the object - instead they imagine concepts that would describe the object.
yVMPa TIL that researches discovered 168 new ancient geoglyphs in Peru's Nazca lines. Researchers had already discovered 190 figures in the area since 2004.