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TIL that Taco Bell once trolled McDonald's with a commercial featuring 25 real-life Ronald McDonald's endorsing their brand.

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aOMy TIL researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; all 250 children in the study reported that they found clowns frightening.
kJGxW TIL that Irish boxer Steve Collins used a variety of mind games to unnerve and defeat opponent Chris Eubank. These included allegedly having himself hypnotised before the fight and listening to headphones during Eubank’s entrance.
j6EVQ TIL that, in 1898, due to the closure of the Fleetwood Park Racetrack due to being sold to real estate developers, New York City officials considered building a new harness horse racetrack in Central Park. The city approved plans for a Central Park racetrack, but built it on unused land instead.
wLwQ1 TIL that whales closest living relatives are the hippopotamuses.
gONA TIL that Brian May, the guitarist of Queen, built an electric guitar from scratch with his father when he was 16 years old, and called it the Red Special. He used that same guitar for his entire career, and it is his most prized possession.