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TIL that Mohammad Salman Hamdani, an EMT who responded to 9/11 and died in the process was treated like a suspect for 5 months. His house and records were raided. And even when his sacrifice was finally recognized his name was not included on the memorial for North tower victims.

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OG5o1 TIL in 1984 McDonald's introduced the McDLT which sold in a specially designed two-sided container that kept the hamburger "hot" while keeping the lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickles, and sauces "cool". It was discontinued in the early 90's as McDonald's moved away from polystyrene packaging.
88n8 TIL after Trent Reznor found out his CD was $30 in Australia, he said “Steal it. Steal, steal and steal some more and give it to all your friends and keep on stealing. Because one way or another these motherfuckers will get it through their head that they’re ripping people off and that’s not right.”
a8BVb TIL: Pythagoras hated beans and forbid his followers to even touch them, Da Vinci and Norbert Weiner were vegetarian, Charles Darwin ate the exotic animals he studied such as tortoises and armadillos, and Aristophanes attributed Athens' intellect to a low calorie diet.
l7OV1 TIL Facist and F**got are both derived from the same Latin root word fasces meaning bundle of sticks
JY0VQ TIL that suppressing your emotions is physically unhealthy, greatly increasing your risk of premature death and cancer. So cry, scream, let it out. You'll thank yourself eventually.