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TIL up until 1995, there were no Burger Kings in the Canadian province of Alberta north of the 52nd parallel. This was due to a restaurant in Edmonton already having the name Burger King.

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78ZkZ TIL Michelangelo painted a hidden self-portrait on a fresco inside the Sistine Chapel--as the remains of the flayed skin of St. Bartholomew
rRARo TIL during a dinner party at Windsor castle, the Queen danced to ABBA's Dancing Queen, much to the amusement of guest. She reportedly said, "I always try to dance when this song comes on, because I am the Queen, and I like to dance.”
n5Vo TIL in the Marvel Universe the cleanup from major battles is handled by Damage Control, a joint venture of Tony Stark and the Kingpin. They even had their own series in the late 80’s.
grxgy TIL I learned that there was a suspected fifth flight on 9/11 that was thwarted by the nationwide ground stop. When the captain said the flight was returning to the gate, several first class passengers got very upset and demanded to speak to the captain. Back at the gate, they ran off the plane.
kBRd TIL that the opening dialog in the Daft Punk song “Contact” is taken from real NASA recordings of the Apollo 17 mission.