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TIL: That a Burger King in Rego Park, New York dressed up as McDonald's for Halloween in 2016:

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LMQ9 TIL that during the 2011 Tucson shooting when the gunman stopped to reload, a 61 y/o woman grabbed his magazine while another bystander clubbed the back of his head with a folding chair. The gunman was finally tackled to the ground by a 74 y/o retired United States Army Colonel who had been shot.
9YQmm TIL that Neil Armstrong went to the North Pole with Sir Edmund Hillary (first to climb Mt Everest) and other prominent explorers. He said that he was curious to see it from the ground, since he'd only seen it from space.
Z8K8D TIL of of Applesearch, an organization that has dedicated the last 20 years to finding and saving heirloom apple varieties to ensure their survival for future generations.
RRm6 TIl that more Falklands veterans have committed suicide since the war than were killed during it.
kejW TIL the US, working with Hanes and Levi’s, pressured the Haitian government to block a minimum wage increase. Haitian workers are the lowest-paid in the western hemisphere.