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TIL Germany is the only country in which the McRib is available all year round

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Olr4 TIL Old Spice put a real phone number in a commercial and gave away Super Bowl tickets to the first two callers.
jvpj TIL when asked if Bert and Ernie’s characters were gay, Sesame Street President Gary Knell replied “They are not gay, they are not straight, they are puppets. They don’t exist below the waist.”
K87E TIL an upper east side apartment was remodeled to include many puzzles, riddles, ciphers, and other hidden games. The owners had no prior knowledge of this and didn’t discover the first clue until living there for four months.
GYRw4 TIL Japanese Yakuza have a unique form of extortion known as sōkaiya. Instead of harassing small businesses for protection money, the yakuza harasses the stockholder meetings of large corporations.
kO487 TIL Brazilian doctors have been using fish skin to treat burn victims. The fish skin is applied to a burn in a similar fashion to skin grafts. It acts as a protective layer while promoting healing. Because fish skin is so high in collagen, it's naturally beneficial for burn recovery.