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TIL that McDonald’s revealed their big Mac sauce recipe online

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NXjK6 TIL the British had to put 40 Apache helicopters into storage because they hadn't trained enough pilots due to the weather
grbv9 TIL people are most scared about death in their 20s and become more accepting of it as they get older
nKoB TIL an experiment gave mice a utopia with social roles to all, no predators and unlimited food. After population boomed reproduction gradually stopped, they became aggressive, isolated themselves and total breakdown in social structures led extinction. Researchers compared it to trends in mankind.
xVbrk TIL that in 1935 the US Government planted 220 million trees in 7 years to combat Dust storms. It was a huge success and if it was repeated today it would help in the fight against the climate crisis immensly.
0XWN TIL that we have no idea where the body of the last Roman Emperor is buried. When Constantinople fell to the Turks, he tore off his Imperial regalia before leading a last stand, making him difficult to identify. He was most likely buried in a mass grave with his men.