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TIL The Burger King chain is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia
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TIL that natural gas, propane, etc don't really have a smell of their own. A chemical called methanethiol is added as a safety measure because it is detectable by the human nose at incredibly small concentrations. It is also partially responsible for the smell of bad breath and flatulence.
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TIL That the French philosopher and mathematician Descartes was hired as a tutor by the Queen of Sweden, who insisted on philosophy lessons at 5 in the morning. Within a year of walking through the Swedish cold every morning, Descartes caught pneumonia and died.
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TIL that a family went into hiding from Soviets in Siberia after WWI. And weren’t found for over 40 years, unaware of WWII, the space race, or plastic bags
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TIL although the Maldives is the second-least populated country in Asia, its capital city Malé is the most densely populated city in the entire world, with over 211,000 people in an area of just 8.3 square kilometers
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TIL that Taco Bell originally started out as a hotdog stand in 1948. Glen Bell, the founder, reverse engineered the taco recipe from a popular Mexican restaurant across the street. He then reopened as a taco stand that would later become Taco Bell.