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TIL that A&W introduced a 1/3 lb burger which was cheaper and preferred in taste tastes to McDonalds 1/4 pounder. It failed as the American public thought the 3 in the name made it smaller than the McDonalds product.

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9w8MB TIL that Quillaia extract (the milled inner bark or small stems and branches of the soapbark evergreen tree) is added to many soft drinks (such as root-beer and cream-soda) to provide a 'foaming' effect. It is also used as an additive in some foods to aid in keeping them moist.
R5MK1 TIL Texas and California have bigger GDPs (2022) than most counties ranked by GDP. California's massive 3.6 trillion GDP and Texas's similarly massive 2.4 trillion GDP puts them at rank 4th and 6th respectively among other countries in the world.
W7964 TIL that Beauty Sleep is a real thing, according to doctors. A survey shows that 42% of rested individuals enhanced their Beauty.
v1aAR TIL An $80M brand new shopping complex in Cleveland had to be almost completely abandoned because it was built on a land fill and methane was leaking into Walmart disturbing shoppers and the entire building started sinking. The EPA found methane was so high the parking lot could have exploded
89JP TIL that our modern idea of headphone plugs is >130yrs old. It was invented in 1878, and is thus possibly the oldest electrical connector standard still in use today!