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TIL that 2014 was McDonald’s worst year in a decade

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E8bd TIL that in 2012 a dad in Canada was arrested and strip searched after his 4 year old daughter drew a gun in school. She said he used it to shoot “bad guys and monsters.” He didn’t own a gun.
X09D8 TIL Heath Ledger directed both of the Joker's hostage videos in The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan wanted the homemade shorts to reflect the sadistic perspective of Ledger's own horrifying Joker, but it was Ledger's impressive work on the first video that convinced Nolan to let him direct the second
R5nPw TIL that almond milk was a common staple in medieval Europe.
VBbJ0 TIL Commodore mistook a company that exported baked beans (Taurus Impex) for a software company (Torus), sending them 10 free Amiga systems to port network software. Taurus' founder, Peter Molyneux, would use this case of mistaken identity to pivot to the software business and, later, video games.
yQkWX TIL that when accepting Japan's surrender in WW2, the Canadian representative signed on the wrong line. This set off a chain reaction of wrong signatures that ended with MacArthur's Chief of Staff having to cross out and amend the document in pen.