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TIL Burger King’s New French Fries Took Ten Years to Develop

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v1bKL TIL that it can take up to two years for a banana peel to decompose naturally.
b9DY9 TIL the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is both a bridge and a tunnel. Considered one of the 7 wonders of modern engineering, it was completed in 1964 and is 23 miles long.
EgDXx TIL female worms shrivel and die after giving birth due to the presence of male sperm and seminal fluid
PMWO TIL that in the 1970s, General Mills sued an economics professor for making a parody game called “Anti-Monopoly,” but the suit was thrown out because it was discovered that Monopoly was a ripoff of a board game first developed in 1903 called “The Landlord’s Game.”
a7nZ TIL Chipotle buys their avocados from Jason Mraz.