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TIL that the roar from the MGM lion is actually that of a tiger

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4XvKg Today I learned that Burger King (not the chain) in Mattoon, IL can be the only food restaurant that can be named that in that town and cannot use the name outside the town. Also Burger King (the chain) has the rights to the name everywhere else except in Mattoon, IL
OoNbL TIL That the phrase 'flying saucer' used as a substitute for an UFO is the result of a mistaken newspaper report in 1947 of the first well-known UFO sighting by the business mogul Kenneth Arnold who said the speeding aerial was crescent-shaped but moved "like saucers skipping on water".
XKxE TIL that a Russian man who tried to rob a hair salon ended up as the victim when the female shop owner overpowered him, tied him up naked and then used him as a sex slave for 3 days.
WkbXd TIL Barbra Streisand has built a shopping mall in the basement underneath her house, unstaffed and she stocks it with things she buys herself. Need a gift for a friend, she ‘shops’ for it in her own private mall.
4XGVw Til: The vast majority(79-91% depending on sources) of plastic has never been recycled, and plastic recycling is largely a marketing ploy to ease public perception of plastic producing companies