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TIL the first McDonald drive-thru was opened near a military base in Arizona “to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.”

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jNEoj TIL the top 5 largest protests in the US all happened in the last 3 years.
6pNQ TIL we hear songs that get stuck in our head while performing tasks that require a “low cognitive load”, such as showering or getting dressed. Our brain uses these songs as a “screen saver” to keep us entertained while our brain is essentially idle.
Lk9wP TIL that Heath Ledger initially did not take any of his roles seriously until he watched some of his films and realized that he would not want to see any of them. This inspired him to be more cautious in his choices, and he actually met with Nolan about playing Batman before being cast as the Joker.
gdO9 TIL that a 1976 episode of the BBC show “Doctor Who” featured The Doctor trapped in a virtual reality dreamworld known as The Matrix, with The Doctor warned if he dies there, he will die in the real world as well.
Z8PMR TIL The Pew Research Center estimates that since 1970, the share of the nation’s income earned by families in the middle class has fallen from almost two-thirds to around 40 percent.