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TIL the American Family Association has held boycotts and campaigns against Disney, American Girl, Ford, McDonalds, Campbell’s, Hallmark, Archie Comics, and Google for promoting equality

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R5KA9 TIL St. Valentine is a patron saint of epilepsy. As one who suffers from this, I can also celebrate the love I have who has seen me through all of this.
o0e7 TIL that when the first hot air balloon landed after its maiden flight, it was immediately destroyed by pitchfork-wielding peasants
ADnb7 TIL that in 1845, Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar ordered 50,000 of her subjects to go on a buffalo hunt. The hunt required building roads across jungles and lasted for 4 months, with around 10,000 people died from exhaustion, starvation, and malarial disease - but not a single buffalo was killed
worZ6 TIL that "Crystal Glass" is refractive because it's made with Lead Oxide.
KE9 TIL: Chipotle works with the food donation connection and donates their excess food from everyone of their locations to local charities and non profit organizations to help feed the homeless and less fortunate.