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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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7joM TIL There’s a brewery in Germany that’s almost 1,000 years old. It has been in continuous operation since the year 1040
9YW0M TIL that the most widely manufactured device in history, the metal-oxide-silicon field-effect transistor (MOSFET), was invented 60 years ago by Mohamed M. Atalla and Dawon Kahng in November 1959.
D14v TIL that there is a Civil War/Dinosaur-themed amusement park in Natural Bridge, VA which features statues of Dinosaurs fighting Civil War Soldiers. Scroll Down.
k8Km TIL that Harvard University stopped requiring final exams because they were deemed “inefficient and worthless.” They even require professors to fill out a special form if they wish to give a final.
yy7J TIL there is a new type of bandage made from Chitosan. Since blood is (-) charged and the Chitosan bandage is (+) the bleeding stops almost immediately and can even stop heart wounds. It costs ~$90 for a 4x4 inch bandage