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TIL the Michelin Man has a name, and it's Bibendum

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P1abV TIL that dire wolves lived 9,500 years ago and were the size of large modern gray wolves, but with larger teeth and stronger biting ability. Their extinction is believed to have been caused by their reliance on megaherbivores as prey, climatic change, and competition from other species.
69K6W TIL Ferdinand Schörner was the last man promoted to Field Marshal in the Wehrmacht and Hitler’s final Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
PY97G TIL in 2008 due to the recession Japanese workers could go to a shop called 'The Venting Place' in Tokyo and buy plates to smash against a wall to release anger. "You can get three small dishes for 500 yen, a medium sized plate for 500 yen, a big platter for 1000 yen"
Q4ZX TIL The events of 9/11 directly led to the miraculous discovery of the oldest cave in North America at a highway project in Missouri.
96YQ TIL that South Carolina is the dumbest state in America.