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TIL McDonald's introduced its drive-thru service due to the military in Fort Huachuca, AZ not being able to be seen in public with their uniforms on. It made no sense to change into regular clothes just to go to McDonald’s so the manager of the restaurant came up this solution.

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1a7Rd TIL that after the Unabomber demanded his manifesto be published in a major newspaper in order to cease his attacks, Penthouse offered to publish it. His response was that he hoped for a more "respectable" outlet, but if no one else agreed, he would let them publish but he would bomb one more time.
K4Kw TIL Mark Zuckerberg once advised that tech companies should never hire anyone over 30, stating, “Young people are just smarter.”
WaGA TIL the oldest cave paintings in the world are in the Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, France. Scientists originally thought they were 20,000 years old, but discovered they were 35,000 years old after further inspection
newYW TIL Jeff Lynne wrote ELO's "Evil Woman" in thirty minutes as album filler. The song ended up being a hit single, reaching the Top 10 in both the UK and the USA.
RlM4 TIL Stanford University’s Band has been banned from several campuses and even Disneyland. Some of their offenses include mocking a case of a missing girl at Southern Cal during halftime, and playing outside OJ Simpson’s trial.