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TIL about world's hardest dish suodiu, a Chinese street food where you suck spicy flavor off stir-fried stones, then spit them out. It’s cheap, oddly popular, and you can keep the rocks!

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Wkm1L TIL Mexico was the only country to protest against the German annexation of Austria
VMPd4 TIL while monkeys have the vocal cords to speak like humans do, their brains lack the wiring necessary to control their voices for precise tones. This prevents them from making the wide range of sounds necessary for speech. If their brains were wired like a human, they could theoretically talk.
BgrYy TIL McDonald's was 90% owner of Chipotle restaurants until 2006 when they sold their shares for $1.5 Billion. Today Chipotle is worth over $35 Billion and among the 500 most valuable companies on earth. Part of the reason for the sale was disagreement over adding drive thrus to Chipotle locations.
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M7QNb TIL that "Los Gatos," California ("The Cats") is named for the large numbers of mountain lions and bobcats in the area. There are still large numbers of lions in the area today.