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TIL that any sufficiently large explosion will result in a mushroom cloud, not just nuclear explosions

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Q4LE TIL that many lion sanctuaries are actually fronts for canned hunting operations - by letting volunteers touch the animals, they make them easier to eventually kill.
ym5p TIL in 1984 McDonald’s ran a promotion where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free menu item. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott.
wody6 TIL Admiral George Dewey withdrew his candidacy for the 1900 election after he was quoted to have said that being President was easy because he would just follow the orders of Congress
Brajb TIL that people sentenced to death by beheading were advised to give the headsman a gold coin to ensure he did not botch the beheading and cause a painful death by multiple strokes
jNoEp TIL That the Woolly Mammoth was around when the Egyptian Pyramids were being built.