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TIL Iran has fast food chains Mash Donalds and Pizza Hat because McDonalds and Pizza Hut aren't allowed in the country

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AQ67 TiL that as recently as 2012, the black death was reported in Oregon and Colorado.
kOQ6g TIL despite being filmed in Austria, The Sound of Music was and is still unpopular in the German-speaking world. The third act (the events surrounding the occupation of Austria) was cut by the Munich manager of the studio, before being restored after director Robert Wise intervened.
4XJGg TIL that the same company that made the Rugrats and Wild Thornberrys (Klasky Csupo) were hired by the McDonald’s Co. to make a 6 episode animated series called “The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald”
1a8Jd TIL wood frogs are the only frogs that live north of the Arctic circle. Their deep-freeze period can extend up to 8 months a year, making them among the longest hibernators of any vertebrate. Wood frogs are able to survive long harsh winters owing to a buildup of glucose and urea in their systems.
X7GD TIL of the “Demon Core,” a plutonium sphere that killed scientists on TWO separate occasions