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TIL: The Faroe Islands are one of very few countries in Europe to have no McDonalds outlets. You can, however, find a Burger King, in Torshavn if you're in need of a fast food fix

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Vr0k TIL The Navy contacted the Village People to use “In the Navy” in an advertising campaign for television and radio. They gave the rights to the song for free on the condition that the Navy help them shoot the music video. The Navy provided them with a warship, several aircraft, and plenty of seamen
P1glw TIL that Marvin the Martian only made five appearances in the original run of Looney Tunes cartoons.
6JaZ TIL two tools aboard both the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, designed to grind rocks for examination, are made of recycled aluminum from the World Trade Center, recovered after 9/11. Honeybee Robotics, whom constructed the tools, were located in Lower Manhattan, just a mile away from ground zero.
VMJB TIL that Gustav III of Sweden considered coffee so dangerous he ordered two doctors to conduct an experiment on twin brothers: One would drink 3 pots of coffee and the other 3 pots of tea, every day for the rest of their lives. The docs and the king all died before the experiment was completed.
WAEB TIL that during Civil War, a person can pay $300 to escape the draft. The rationalization for this was that unwilling troops were ineffective so the government might as well extract funds to be used as war funds from the unwilling if it got poor service.