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TIL The Burger King chain is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia

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xn51 TIL that Charles Taylor won the presidency of Liberia with the campaign slogan “He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him.”
pxvO TIL that when you chew your food, your mouth instinctively molds it into a rounded mass called a “bolus” before you swallow it. Now, every time I eat anything, right before I swallow it, I am weirdly aware that it has been turned into a little ball in my mouth called a bolus.
DQDPj TIL that you remember more dreams when you sleep badly. Research suggests that if you sleep badly and wake up multiple times throughout the night you will be more likely to recall the content of any dreams you had. You are also more likely to remember a dream when woken from one.
ZpOp TIL KB Toys was one of the companies to go bankrupt because of Bain Capital’s “Dividend Recapitalization” scheme. It was the second-oldest operating toy retailer in North America before it’s demise.
d8Mmj TIL According to a study by Institute of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Medical University Graz, vegetarians suffer significantly more often from anxiety disorder and/or depression, have a poorer quality of life in terms of physical health, social relationships, and environmental factors.