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TIL McDonald’s is no longer the world’s largest restaurant chain - Subway now has more outlets open worldwide than McDonald’s.

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OoDa4 TIL In 2016, a British man crowdfunded a ten hour film of paint drying in order to force the British Board of Film Classification to watch it, as part of a protest against it. This is due to independent filmmakers needing to pay £1,000 per submission in order to be certified. The film received a U.
165b7 TIL Cher's "Believe," released in 1998, was the first song to utilize Auto-Tune's now ubiquitous vocal warping vocal effects that experienced massive commercial success
x6exg TIL that on feb 8th 1914, the co-creator of Batman, Bill Finger was born
XrxE TIL that female doctors are projected to outnumber male doctors in the UK within the next decade
ADXRd TIL about the longest papal election in history, that lasted nearly 3 years (1268–71). At one point people became so fed up with the indecision, they unroofed the building where the cardinals met, imprisoning them until they had nominated a new pope. This happening marked the birth of the conclave.