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TIL That McDonald’s daily customer traffic is larger than the population of Great Britain.

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e0ejb TIL that American singer Kesha got a near-perfect score on her SATs and was accepted to Barnard College at Columbia University, but instead chose to drop out before graduation to pursue her music career.
a480 TIL that after being read The Declaration of Independence by George Washington, a crowd pulled down an equestrian statue of King George in New York City and used the lead to make musket balls.
7XmZ TIL During his Presidency Richard Nixon established the EPA & OSHA, ended the Vietnam War, signed into law the Clean Air Act, desegregated southern schools, presided over Apollo 11 lunar landings, opened diplomatic relations with communist China, and initiated a detente with the Soviet Union
wLNnM TIL: "I Fought the Law" singer/musician Bobby Fuller was found dead in a parked car, outside his LA home. No evidence of foul play or suicide was found. Neither were ruled out. For those who believed it to be murder, suspects cited have ranged from the Mafia and Charles Manson to the local P.D.
M7XQ8 TIL of the Window Tax, where England homes would be taxes according to the number of windows they had, leading to windows getting boarded up to avoid the excess tax.