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TIL Argentina forced Mcdonald's in their country to sell the Big Mac at an artificially low price to improve their country's performance on the Big Mac index; effectively hiding their country's inflation

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VBdpk TIL a slightly modified Bugatti Chiron piloted by factory test driver Andy Wallace became the first production car to surpass the 300-mph barrier when it reached a top speed of 304.77 mph (490.48 km/h) during a run on the Ehra-Lessien test track in 2019.
mxZLx TIL that cutting beef consumption in favour of chicken and plant proteins could liberate 28 million square kms of land - the size of the US, Canada and China combined.
Ea97 TIL that the largest natural bridge on Earth was virtually unknown to the rest of the world, until it was observed on Google Earth.
R5Zbl TIL of the ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station, the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world.
6EOwJ TIL that the Fruit orange was first called orange by the French dating back to the 13th century. then 200 years later the orange color was announced by the Oxford dictionary. So the fruit came before the color.