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TIL despite having created one of the largest fast food franchises, Wendy’s founder Dave Thomas decided to go back to school and earn his GED in 1993 at the age of 61. His GED class voted him Most Likely to Succeed.

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4WbN TIL that mother cats will eat their sick or dead kittens to stop predators from discovering the location of the litter.
newDr TIL that Animal House was filmed at the University of Oregon on the condition that it not be identified in the movie
jwaE TIL there is a National Organization Taunting Safety and Fairness Everywhere (NOTSAFE) that sarcastically suggests ridiculous legislation, such as banning piñatas at parties because it is pre-gang behavior, in an attempt to expose bureaucratic over-regulation which they believe erodes our freedoms
69Mj7 TIL that only 12% of Americans are metabolically healthy, or 1 in 8 Americans.
wJxE TIL that Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is the only film in the top 10 worldwide box office this year that is wholly original (not a reboot, remake, sequel, or part of a franchise)