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TIL Some McDonald’s salads have more calories than the burgers

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KJaG TIL that for a science fair experiment in 1969, a 14 year old scientist used genes to change chicken feathers from white to partially black, which his teacher said was playing God.
p1LQ TIL that America’s nuclear arsenal stills runs off of 8 inch floppy disks
4kpGb TIL: St. Louis was the 4th largest city in 1910 (8th largest as recently as 1950, and now 70th), Buffalo was the 10th largest (now 78th). Cleveland was the 6th largest in 1940 (now 54th), Detroit was the 4th largest (7th largest as recently as 1990, and now 27th).
KYmeJ TIL Western Union was involved in the recovery of bodies after the Titanic sank. The CS Minia, a cable laying ship owned by Western Union was one of 4 ships sent to recover the dead.
WkxY9 TIL that although the Maya were already in decay when the Spanish arrived and therefore did not offer much resistance, the location of their civilization centers in the deep jungle made their last city survive until 1697.