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TIL that nearly every top prize in the McDonald’s Monopoly game from 1995-2000 was fraudently redeemed by people associated with the marketing company contracted with running the promotion.

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KmKG TIL the Great Wall of China was built using sticky rice, creating a super-strong mortar that remains the best available material for restoring ancient buildings to this day.
e0yj5 TIL of Tiberius Claudius Drusus, the son of Roman Emperor Claudius who was choked by a pear. Claudius Drusus was playing and tossed a pear high in the air. When it came back, he caught it in his mouth but he choked on it. He died of asphyxiation.
NRlM TIL a “Sploot” is the word for how some pets lay stretched on their belly with their legs behind them
m7kx TIL Christopher Lee didn’t enjoy playing Dracula but he continued to appear in the titular role in nine different movies as he realized they were popular and kept people employed.
jlRN TIL A sold-out 727 jet would have to crash every day of the week, with no survivors, to equal the highway deaths per year in this country