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TIL McDonald’s offers product placement rewards to rap artists who mention the Big Mac in their songs.

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1a5Yr TIL in war it is illegal under the Geneva Convention to pretend to be injured in order to trick the enemy
78aWM TIL that Cushing, OK - pop. 8,427 - is the largest oil-storage tank farm in the world. It has about 350 tanks, operated by multiple companies, with a total of 73 million barrels of working capacity, and controls oil prices globally.
p8VnQ TIL that Samuel L. Jackson heard someone repeating his Ezekiel 25:17 speech to him, he turned to discover it was Marlon Brando who gave him his number. When Jackson called, it was a Chinese restaurant. But when he asked for Brando, he picked up. It was Brando's way of screening calls.
8a7E4 TIL that cats aren’t actually “playing” with their prey. What they are actually doing, is tiring them out so that they can bite the preys nape (back of neck) without risk of being bitten or injured themselves.
wLl1J TIL that the late rapper 2pac Shakur read for the part of “Bubba” in the movie Forrest Gump. David Allen Grier, Ice Cube, and Dave Chappelle were offered the role of “Bubba” but all three turned down the role.