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TIL that Burger King revealed in 2019 there was a Big Mac hidden behind the Whopper in every ad to show the size difference between the two products

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5Y91D TIL To give himself more artistic freedom, Bill Watterson - creator of Calvin and Hobbes, successfully negotiated a deal to have his Sunday strip layed-out as an unbreakable half of a newspaper. This angered many editors, but the series was so popular that only 15 newspapers cancelled the strip.
WkGy8 TIL Karl Marx was a savvy stock investor
QJ0np TIL 5 puppies died during the filming of Snow Buddies due to virus in the cold weather of British Columbia
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B8yK TIL Dilma Rousseff, president of Brazil was tortured for 2 years(1970-72) by the military dictatorship in Brazil at the time. She was a member of various left-wing and urban guerrilla groups that fought against the military dictatorship.