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TIL Flesh eating bacteria is tied to the BP oil spill

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J1yXB TIL that McDonald’s serves spaghetti in the Philippines which comes with a side of “McDo” fried chicken.
rNwdw TIL: Due to the invention of nuclear bombs, historians refer to the period from 1945 to now as, "The Long Peace"
8eK8G TIL that Brandi Brandt, a Playboy centerfold who played the elevator operator at the beginning of Aerosmith's "Love in an Elevator" ("Going...down?") was jailed up to six years in Australia for being part of a cocaine smuggling ring
PY67e TIL that a clapperboard - that square hinged device that you clap the top of at the start of filming a scene - is clapped in frame like that to make it easier to sync the audio and video when editing it later.
OGxWL TIL Senna remains a national hero in Brazil. His grave attracts more visitors than the graves of John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley combined.