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TIL: Disney once tried to get into the Fast Food Business with Mickey's Kitchen. Two Trial Locations were open. One in Montclair, CA. and one in Chicago, IL. They promised healthier options then traditional fast food like turkey dogs.

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LkoOZ TIL of Jennifer Asbenson, a woman who survived an encounter with a serial killer, Andrew Urdiales. He assaulted her, bound her, and put her into the trunk of his car. She broke free and ran away. He chased her with her a machete, but she signalled a passing truck and escaped. Urdiales had 8 victims.
xDW1 TIL In the 1920’s Kingsford Charcoal was started by Henry Ford because he hated watching wood scraps from his assembly lines go to waste.
M7XL0 TIL about "Ministerial Responsibility", something which exists in Westminster-style governments, whereby government ministers are expected to resign if waste, corruption or misbehavior has occurred in their part of the government.
XEJvD TIL that China and Taiwan each have a Tsinghua University with the same motto and almost identical emblems. The China school was established in 1911. After the communist takeover, the president escaped to Taiwan and restablished the school in 1956.
6wA8 TIL of the Mallows Bay ghost fleet, a massive group of US WWI ships intentionally sunk in the Potomac River, about an hour’s drive from Washington, DC. Along with other wrecks in the immediate area, some 200 ships dating back to the Revolutionary War can be found there, many visible from the shore.