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TIL Argentina manipulated Big Mac prices to appear to have a stronger economy, but they got their bullshit called out.

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16vMD TIL the man who wrote/sang the theme song to "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was 1 of Buddy Holly's original "Crickets," wrote "I Fought The Law," and was a pallbearer for Buddy: Sony Curtis
yWwV TIL that the oldest subway tunnel in the world has had its only entrance welded shut, and it contains a 100+ year old steam engine.
WkmO8 TIL that Edamame beans are just unripe soy beans
rygo TIL that Germans celebrate Krampus, the half goat demon partner of St. Nicholas who beats naughty children and drags them down to hell. The have festivals where people dress as him and scare children into being good. He’s terrifying.
Br61d TIL the vigilante and outlaw Jesse James fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War