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TIL McDonald's is the largest toy distributor in the world

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1Vm7 TIL In the ‘80s, a Welsh farmer grew so fed up with RAF flying so low over his house that he painted “Piss Off Biggles” in giant letters on the roof of his barn. This prompted the RAF to use the barn as a navigational landmark although flying higher to respect his wishes.
kJb9d TIL as prey animals, horses are naturally skittish and jumpy so their trainers have to coach them not to get spooked so easily, a process called "Desensitization"
x6Pv5 TIL the Aghori is a Hindu Shaivite monastic order, who's practices focus on breaking taboos, and rejecting purity. They include living in cemeteries, smearing cremation ashes on their bodies, making items from bones, meditating on corpses, and even having sex in the presence of corpses.
j6oQ TIL Members of the Nation of Islam believe white people were created a few thousand years ago by an evil black scientist named Yakub
QJ5MX TIL of the most exclusive pub in the world, The Keys, found in the Tower of London. Only Beefeaters (Tower of London guards) are allowed to enter, of which there are only 37. The pub serves unique drinks and is decorated with uniforms, an executioner axe & silver goblets, used to swear in recruits.