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TIL McDonald's Original Grimace Mascot Terrified Kids as a Four-Handed Totem for Gluttony

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R501l TIL that there's a conspiracy theory that the US invaded Iraq due to Iraq having a stargate and being in contact with aliens
9YMbp TIL that Skylab, the first U.S. space station, cost $2.2 billion but was occupied for only 6 months of its 6 years in orbit. It was damaged during launch and eventually fell to Earth on July 11, 1979. The debris fell on western Australia, and the Shire of Esperance fined NASA A$400 for littering.
0wEm5 TIL The Lion King musical stage performance has made over 8.2 BILLION dollars worldwide.
16n7r TIL about Jakob von Washington, a distant relative of George Washington, who was born in the Netherlands, fought against Napoleon, served as a Lieutenant General in the Bavarian Army and signed a treaty with the Duke of Wellington as a representative of Bavaria at Waterloo.
MeGW8 Til Iran had the greatest fertility rate decrease in history due to aggressive family planning campaigns. Dropping from 6.5 in 1980 to below 2 in 2000