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TIL the reason McDonald’s retired it’s mascot Ronald McDonald in 2016, was due to the clown sightings craze which was occurring that year.

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LG7r TIL: Prostitution has been effectively legalised in the Holbeck area of Leeds, UK. The city council and police have agreed that they will not arrest or prosecute anyone selling or buying sex between 7pm and 7am in that area.
pYYvA TIL Kenneth Branagh is the only person to have ever been nominated for seven different Academy Award categories including director, actor, and adapted screenplay
lxK1 TIL that during WWII, Oak Ridge TN, population 75,000, used 1/7 of all US electricity to process uranium for the atomic bomb.
5XMD TIL there is a species of tiger beetles that run faster than their eyes can keep up. They run towards their prey, stop and re-evaluate the situation, and then sprint again, hoping they’ll run into their prey. They run at 5.6 mph, which is equivalent to a human running 480 mph.
RQX9 TIL Joe Strummer, from The Clash, wept when he learned “Rock the Casbah” was written on a bomb dropped during Operation Desert Storm.