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TIL McDonald’s Canada published the Big Mac sauce recipe and other secrets on their Youtube channel, and even teach you how to replicate their flagship burger.

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REO6 TIL the US allows meat packaging to contain carbon monoxide, used to keep the meat looking fresh. It does not aid in actual preservation of meat. It works so well, though, Congress was shown fresh beef and beef that was 2 years old (preserved with CO). They were indistinguishable.
a80Nb TIL: Ancient Greeks used beacons atop mountains for more than communication of something/nothing; beacons were used to communicate actual words.
jNw6n TIL Around 50% of the protein you consume comes from the Haber-Bosch process. Without this process, we would've never been able to maintain our current population's food intake.
4XJMR TIL 'Catastrophizing'. A cognitive distortion that prompts people to jump to the worst possible conclusion after a minor setback. When a situation is upsetting but safe, they still feel like they are in the midst of a huge crisis. Getting enough sleep can also help keep 'catastrophizing' in check.
lVPG TIL Aristotle’s Eudemian Ethics, which is about happiness and what makes life worth living, was only published for the first time in a modern language in 2011