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TIL that McDonald's has opened a restaurant in over 125 countries and territories. Kazakhstan is the newest country to open one (2016) and also the last country to close them (2023).

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WDj8 TIL Dr. Seuss, caught up in anti-Japanese propaganda, made several racist/xenophobic political cartoons. After later visiting Japan and meeting with victims of atomic bombs, he changed his heart and wrote “Horton Hears a Who” and dedicated to his new Japanese friend.
X0DLX TIL while the U.S. and France had similar per capita fatality rates in the 1990s, Americans today are three times as likely to die in a traffic crash
7rN17 TIL Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Chicago White Sox
pYEaO TIL: The Pacific Ocean terminus of the Panama Canal is actually to the east of the Atlantic Ocean terminus.
n6nr TIL that Marie Curie’s lab papers from the 1890’s are still radioactive. They are stored in lead-lined boxes and one must don protective gear to see them.