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TIL McDonald’s “Super Sizing” started as a Jurassic Park merchandising tie-in.

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LkJEZ TIL that Maus is the only graphic novel, as of 2020, to win the Pulitzer Prize
WkY5Y TIL that Henry Rogers and Ron Smyth of the University of Toronto investigated gay lisp, a stereotypical manner of speech associated with English-speaking gay men. In 62% of their cases, listeners correctly identified gay speakers.
1aXrV TIL that in 1962, developers planned to dredge 8,000 acres of Biscayne Bay in Florida to build hotels and a seaport. When a fisherman, Lloyd Miller, campaigned against the plans, those supporting the development poisoned his dog and tried to have him fired from his job at Pan American Airways.
lMor TIL the popular steel slide guitar sound of Hawaii was taught to them by visiting cowboys from a small town in California.
VM188 TIL Mexican President Francisco Madero has the distinction of being the first head of state in the world to ever fly in an airplane, which he did with the Wright Brothers in North Carolina on November 30, 1911.