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TIL failed McDonalds products include the McPizza, McHotdog, a vegetarian pineapple patty burger called McHula, McSpaghetti and the McLobster

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l79w7 TIL our memories can be changed or even made up by suggestive information, which makes eyewitness accounts less trustworthy.
XEVGD TIL When the space shuttle was in operation, it could launch a payload of 27,500 kg for $1.5 billion, or $54,500/kg. For a SpaceX Falcon 9, the rocket used to access the ISS, the cost is just $2,720/kg. SpaceX’s technical advances and cost reductions have changed the direction of U.S. space policy.
X5l6 TIL that a cat named Tama is a manager at a railway station in Japan, a job which pays her in cat food. During her tenure ridership has increased 10%, leading her to be promoted to super-station manager in 2008.
ne4Wd TIL the highest priority alert that can be issued is an Emergency Action Notification (EAN), sometimes called a “presidential alert”. An EAN sets into motion a series of events that causes all US TV and radio stations to become linked together to simulcast the President, or another federal official.
dD9bj TIL That “The Ton” in Bridgerton is Mayfair on the Monopoly board.