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

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VZpp TIL that comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with Jupiter in 1994, after being broken apart from Jupiter’s tidal gravity. One fragment struck the planet’s surface with the estimated energy of 6 million megatons of TNT (600 times the world’s nuclear arsenal) and created a dark spot over 12,000 km across.
OGOxg TIL in 1988 a 76-yr-old woman was trapped in a lift for 6 days unable to get help because no one else lived in her building. She rationed the groceries she had with her, but was only saved when her niece eventually checked on her. The lift was so small she couldn't lie down & sleep during the ordeal
7rGmr TIL the hats worn by the band Devo are called "Energy Domes"
5N5R TIL: Some of the sounds of the dinosaurs in Jurassic World were made from the slowed down version of tortoises having sex.
QkRd TIL a prison inmate tried to sue himself for allowing himself to get drunk and ruin his life. He demanded 5 million from himself and reasoned that the state should pay since he didn’t get a salary behind bars.