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TIL 1 in 8 American's Have Worked at a McDonald's

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X0gdD TIL of Cri du chat syndrome which is a rare genetic disorder that affects 1 in 50,000 children; its name comes from the French for "cry of the cat" as the cries of affected infants are similar to that of a meowing kitten due to problems with the larynx and nervous system
D1x1J TIL that in 1973 the Who’s drummer Keith Moon passed out mid-show. The band continued without him for several songs before Townshend asked, "Can anyone play the drums? – I mean somebody good?" 19 year old Scot Halpin, who had bought scalped tickets came up and played the rest of the show.
p858p TIL that the Icewind Dale region of the hugely popular D&D "Forgotten Realms" campaign setting was created with author R.A. Salvatore claimed a typo on the map as the setting for his new book since all the other regions were taken by other authors.
M7RgB TIL that 90% of indigenous people of Americas were wiped out because of "disease". Not because of technological advances of europeans which was my previous belief.
NXXbb TIL that Alzheimer’s disease can be caused by a brain immune response to herpes infection. This theory dates to the early 1900s, but was ignored because the scientist was Jewish, while Alzheimer, who named the disease, was German.