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TIL McDonald’s introduced a character named Uncle O’Grimacey in 1977 to promote the Shamrock Shake for St. Patty’s Day

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6EMYw TIL there was a war called 'The Fantastic War'. Portugal&Great Britain (Army: 14k. Casualties <1000) versus Spain&France (Army: 42k. Casualties <30K)
v11jL TIL Albert Göring, the younger brother of the head of Luftwaffe Hermann Göring, helped many Jews and dissidents survive in Germany by forging his brother’s signature and falsifying transit documents.
N1jJ TIL that when the Paracutin volcano was born, it emerged so quickly that it pushed up the ground beneath people. Within 24 hours, it was 15 stories high, and by the end of the week it was the height of the Great Pyramids.
R9jj TIL Abraham Lincoln’s sole guard at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 was an unreliable cop who walked to the saloon next door to get drunk during the fateful play. Ironically, John Wilkes Booth was at the same saloon working up courage before walking next door to assassinate the unguarded President.
M70J7 TIL that the lyrics to the song “Part of Your World” from both the 1989 and 2023 versions of The Little Mermaid actually only says “Part of that world” in the song, twice.