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TIL McDonalds only reintroduces the McRib when pork prices are low.

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5YavD TIL: A 150-foot-deep Texas sinkhole discovered in 1821 became a mass grave in the Civil War era. Bodies of 5 to 36 accused Union sympathizers and postwar supporters of the Reconstruction were dumped in after lynching or other summary execution. In 1999 Dead Mans Hole became part of public parkland.
WDOL TIL Keanu Reeves was to play the role of Spike Spiegel in a live-action Cowboy Bebop movie. Initial plans were made in 2008-2009 and the director Watanabe stated in 2014 that the movie had faced a lot of “Hollywood problems”
E1oYX TIL that Samuel L Jackson wanted a purple lightsaber so he would be noticeable in Attack of the Clones, and that he has the prop at home with, "Bad Mother f***er," inscribed in the hilt of it.
e07Nn TIL Before clocks, there were candle clocks, that when burned, indicated the passage of periods of time. To set an alarm, you pushed a nail into the desired point and the nail would ld fall and clank on the metal holder.
RoWw TIL: iPhone game Clash of Clans generates more than $2 million per day, and in three years is valued at more than $3 billion