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TIL that Kris Kristofferson wrote “Me and Bobby McGee” and that Janis Joplin’s version was actually a cover

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xVGND TIL names for generic drugs has a prefix and suffix. The suffix tell you how the drug works. The prefix can me made up but has to follow a strict rule including not using the letters Y, H, K, J, and W because certain languages that use the Roman alphabet don't have these letters.
Y7RxG TIL Madagascar is an exporter of Beluga Sturgeon caviar
m1WyM TIL Tic Tacs are labeled as 0 calories per serving in the US but 387 calories per 100g in Europe. The difference is due to regulations: in the US, anything under 5 calories per serving can be rounded down to 0, while Europe lists the full calorie count per 100g, making the difference seem huge
EgybP TIL McDonald's was fined $4 million in 1999 for not reporting 400+ injuries of children using Big Mac Climber jungle gyms, where children climbed up a tube from the ground and played between two giant metal hamburger buns. The last Big Mac Climbers were removed from McDonald's playgrounds in 1997.
neQNW TIL There was an Asian Elephant named Osama Bin Laden that was rogue and killed 27 people during its lifetime, before being killed in a ‘shoot-to-kill’ operation.