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TIL You literally cannot be more than 115 miles from a McDonald’s in the contiguous USA.

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D194g TIL in Starship Troopers movie, one of the specimen in the crowd of bugs gets claustrophobic and freaks out flailing back and forth like he’s having a little seizure. The rendering system put it in the prominent position of the screen, Verhoeven saw an early version of the shot and loved it
64Yw TIL, speedlimits are somewhat pointless. When limits were changed by as much a 20mph, the rate vehicles traveled didn’t change. What did was the number of citations given.
E11JX TIL that Lucifer, which means bringer of light or refers to the planet Venus, was not equated with Satan in the Bible but in Paradise Lost by Milton.
XRBE TIL that WWII soldier Audie Murphy single-handedly held off an entire company of German soldiers for an hour and then led a successful counter attack while wounded and without ammo. He became one of the highest decorated soldiers in US history.
kOLd4 TIL the Saint Louis Arch is as wide as it is tall (630 feet x 630 feet)