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TIL Mcdonalds has redesigned their Mcflurry cup to be animal friendly after reports of hedgehogs starving to death as a result of getting their heads stuck in the lid.

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GbZg TIL that astronaut Sunita Williams was the first person to run a marathon in space, finishing in 4 hours and 24 minutes on a treadmill aboard the International Space Station.
OomWX TIL that Secret Service countersnipers use a custom, high-powered firearm called a JAR, short for "Just Another Rifle". Since the countersniper unit formed in 1971, the unit has never had to fire a JAR to safeguard a person they were assigned to protect.
Mp47 TIL Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot of the plane that landed in the Hudson River was a an industry-renowned expert in aviation safety before it happened.
gMkDW TIL that instead of saying "once upon a time," Korean fantasies usually begin with "back when tigers used to smoke".
R7LYj TIL after committing the first British murder on a train Franz Muller fled to America by boat, the pursuing detectives caught a faster ship and arrived three weeks before he did. He was subsequently arrested and later hanged.