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TIL Burger King filed an official complaint against the movie “It” and tried to get it banned from theaters, claiming unlawful free advertising for McDonald’s since Pennywise is “an exact replica” of Ronald McDonald, thus promoting the rival restaurant.

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WkPw8 TIL that a primary source of nutrients for the Amazon is dust blown from the Bodele Depression, a dry lakebed in Africa.
R7dJ4 TIL steph. aureus lives in the nostrils of about 30% of healthy adults. It is usually harmless in the nose but can be fatal if in the bloodstream. Thus, there is a chance you can contract an infection by picking your nose and accidentally touching a cut.
XEJlr TIL during the middle Ages saffron was so expensive some traders would try to increase their profits by bulking up the herb with yellow marigold petals. When authorities in Nuremberg, where the herb was mainly traded, found out about these tainted parcels of saffron, the traders were burned alive.
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