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TIL that Israel and Argentina are the only countries where McDonald’s grills their hamburgers over charcoal instead of using a flat-top griddle.

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WLNY TIL: A woman was raised by monkeys after being kidnapped and abandoned in jungle when she was 4
loAy7 TIL during the 1930s, George Ross Gyssling was Hitler’s man in Hollywood, placed there to ensure studios complied with the Führer and the suggested cuts or risk anti-Nazi themed films being barred in Germany. But unbeknown to his bosses, he was a double agent passing valuable intelligence to US
j6P8Q TIL there is bacteria that grows in the wet soil of Australia’s Northern Territory that in one case infected someone but lay dormant for 62 years before activating! Known as ‘Darwin’s Disease” it enters the body through cuts or inhalation and is fatal.
ADXlB TIL Neanderthals approached animals very closely and thrust, not threw, their spears at the animals, most likely from an underhand angle. This confrontational way of hunting required careful planning and concealment, and close cooperation between individual hunters.
J1Xb8 TIL Canada has the most lakes in the world, with 62% of the world's lakes located in Canada