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TIL that McDonalds has regained many of their Big Mac trademarks after the original cancellation was revoked (MIC)

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be89 TIL the cast of Friends earned at least $88,460,000 over its 10 seasons. EACH. (This does not include syndication royalties negotiated from the 5th season onwards)
GAV07 TIL that, according to a study, we spend a total of 3.5 months of our lives hitting the snooze button and 57% of Americans are snoozer, and even more in UK, with 70% of Brits are snoozer
epRYg TIL much of the widespread geopolitical upheaval that took place throughout 1991, including the breakups of Yugoslavia and the USSR, began shortly after Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego finished taping its first season, rendering most of the season's content obsolete.
jgJa TIL that until the late 90s people used to refer to first person shooters as “Doom clones”
N5pQ TIL serial killer Richard Ramirez once shot a woman in the face with a .22 caliber handgun outside of her home. She survived the attack because the bullet ricocheted off the keys she held in her hands as she lifted them to protect herself.