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

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PYMgZ TIL of the stone money of the Yap. The stones are too large to move so buying an item involves agreeing that the ownership has changed. The transaction is recorded in oral history and no physical movement of the stone is required.
X01lR TIL: Dumbbells are named after silenced[dumb] bell towers that were used to practice ringing the heavy bells
E15gd TIL Morgan Freeman converted his 124-acre ranch into a giant sanctuary to protect honey bees
nM4b TIL while the Roman senate was debating about possible conspirators of an attempted coup, Julius Cesar received a note. Cato, who opposed to Julius Cesar accused him of corresponding with the conspirators and demanded the letter to be read aloud. The note was a love letter from Cato’s sister.
e0vnJ TIL that Great Britain is made up of 6289 islands.