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TIL After buying out the McDonalds brothers, Ray Kroc was angry that the deal did not include the original McDonalds so he forced the McDonald brothers to change the name of the establishment (it was changed to the big M) and opened a McDonalds a block away and the put the big M out of business.

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Mevd8 TIL that the most expensive party in recorded history was hosted by the then Shah of Iran to celebrate the 2500th year anniversary of the Persian Empire. The party invited the world leaders of 65 nations. In today’s money the party would’ve cost around $650,000,000
lv65 TIL Rick Astley has earned almost no money from Rickrolling, receiving only $12 in royalties.
WkD0A TIL about Brihadisvara Temple, India - A 11th century temple whose dome (25 tons), rests 7 meters high on a single block of granite, weighing 80 tons.
PYnYL TIL Saint Valentine was also the patron saint of Beekeepers and Epilepsy
MeN6V TIL in 75 BC, pirates seized a vessel that Julius Caesar was in, and held him for ransom. Caesar was insulted at the ransom, which he saw as too low, and promised to crucify the pirates. At his insistence the pirates raised the demand. After he was freed, he captured the pirates and crucified them.