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TIL that the many places in the Philippines that are named "Blumentritt" are named after Austrian teacher Ferdinand Blumentritt, a close friend of national hero Jose Rizal.

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d8xrj TIL McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona is the only McDonald's with turquoise instead of golden arches, because the government deemed the yellow ones to be contrasting too much with the surrounding area's scenic rock and opted for bluish-green arches instead.
DQYnD TIL That Domino's retired their mascot “The Noid” after Kenneth Lamar Noid, a paranoid schizophrenic man who believed the character was meant to mock him, held a Domino's hostage in 1989. The mascot was recently brought back as part of a tie-in with a Crash Bandicoot mobile game.
RDy9 TIL Anytime you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
Bg6e TIL that Union General John Sedgwick’s last words were, “I’m ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.” He fell over with a bullet hole under his left eye seconds later.
JYyw1 TIL we can see the shadows of the capillaries in our eyes. Our brains just ignore them because they offer no useful information to us (kind of like how you don't see your nose unless you focus on it.) This is called the Troxler Effect. I linked a procedure you can follow to see the shadows yourself.