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TIL the McRib is only ever “back” when pork prices are at their lowest

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MeZG8 TIL that Sweden had a chance at Norways oil resources for 40% of Volvo back in the late 70s, but Volvo shareholders believed it was being sold too cheap and declined. Norway oil fund is now over 1 trillion $ and Volvo was sold in 2010 to a Chinese company for 1.8 billion.
R7666 TIL Palm Springs, California has their own Walk of Stars for people who lived in the PS area. Inductees include Chevy Chase, Natalie Wood, Kem Dibs, Ronald Reagan, and Cheeta the Chimp
x6nyB TIL The Population of Thessaloniki, Greece was ~68% Jewish During the Ottoman Era, ca. 1613 AD; Today there are an estimated 1200 Jews Living in the City
b9Bea Forget the trial and error - mathematics has proved where the best spot to place your router is.
Bond TIL: A 3GHz CPU takes roughly 0.33 nanoseconds to perform a simple equation. 0.33ns is to 1 second as 1 second is to 95 years.