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TIL there is a fake McDonalds used only for commercials and movies. It contains every uniform and furniture scheme for any market in the world.

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yPav TIL that the creator of the TV series Wings died in a plane crash - he was on American Airlines Flight 11 that hit the North tower on September 11th.
VMR7p TIL In 2007, seeds were found frozen below the permafrost. Thought to have been buried by Arctic ground squirrels around 31,500 to 32,300 years ago in the Ice Age. Out of 600,000 seeds, three embryos successfully germinated into plants. Currently the oldest confirmed viable seeds on Earth.
PYymn TIL Traudl Junge worked as Adolf Hitler's last private secretary, from 1942 to 1945, typing out his last will and testament the day before his suicide. At 22, she was the youngest of his private secretaries, and years later said she felt guilty for, "liking the greatest criminal ever to have lived."
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