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TIL in 2013 McDonald's gave Charles Ramsey free food for a year after he helped rescue 3 women, who had been held hostage for years, while carrying a "half-eaten Big Mac." In addition, 14 local Ohio restaurants also gave Ramsey free burgers for life.

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pA5Z TIL that every US President is/was related to George Washington, except Gerald Ford.
oByko TIL the panda ant (Euspinolia militaris), so-called because of its black and white alternating coloration, is actually a species of wasp found in the forests of Chile and Argentina. They are known to deliver a very painful sting when they attack. Females are wingless and males have wings.
xVV4D TIL before Sony stopped supporting OtherOS, the PS3 was such an effective Linux system, institutions like University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Carolina State University & the U.S Armed Forces used PS3 clusters making an affordable high-performance computing system to create a supercomputer.
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