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TIL the classic movie '10 Things I Hate About You' is a modernization of William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'.

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JY7wQ TIL: roundabouts have many benefits such as, reducing crashes by 39% and decreasing fatality rate from crashes by 90%, costs less to maintain and saves gas consumption by 30%.
6mQ7 TIL the world’s largest jellyfish – the lion’s mane – is longer than a blue whale.
pYav8 TIL that Hitler’s nephew tried to blackmail Hitler for a high-ranking government job. When that failed, he wrote a magazine article called “Why I Hate My Uncle” and joined the US Navy. The naval recruiter thought he was joking about his name.
bAlQ TIL of “Mr. Duging” - a man who was killed and eaten by wolves while hunting in Michigan in January of 1885. He had shot and killed 13 wolves and was found with a single round left in his Winchester rifle.
v1n5x TIL the idea for the McDonald's Happy Meal originated in Guatemala. Created by manager Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño to simplify the menu for busy parents, it was later brought to the attention of the Chicago office who developed it further and deployed it in the U.S.