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BraLe TIL African countries like Kenya struggle in getting McDonalds because of difficulties in tracing its supply chain. Ghana’s average disposable income has been declared too low by McDonald’s to enter the market and it cancelled plans to open in Zimbabwe in 1999
JYvAQ TIL Kanye West has found success as a fashion designer—but he was actually rejected from studying at the world’s most famous fashion school, Central Saint Martins, because he’s “too famous.”
0vVv TIL the average American is more religious than the average Iranian
kEJE TIL of Margaret Abbott, a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was an Olympian.
XEApE TIL Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was financed by Quaker Oats to promote their new Wonka Bar.