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TIL: McDonalds brings the mcrib when pork prices are down on commodities markets

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jX5X TIL when you look at a clock, and the second hand seems to freeze for a moment, your brain is actually generating a false memory, and your perception of time stretches slightly backward. This effect is called chronostasis.
WBEB TIL in 1953 the USA helped overthrow the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh and replaced it with a monarchy
P1elZ TIL That the musical guest for the 1981 Halloween episode of Saturday Night Live was the punk band 'Fear'. Invited at the urging of John Belushi the band would see their performance cut short and would be banned from SNL after they and their invited 'dancers' wound up destroying part of the set.
loG47 TIL that a significant contribution to the 2003 NE blackout was the tendency of high-voltage lines to sag under high current. As one power line sagged, touched an unmaintained tree and faulted, the load on remaining lines increased, causing a cascade of sagging onto trees and faulting.
0dvb1 TIL current CEO of Goldman Sachs, David M. Solomon (61 y.o.) recreationally performs regularly as a DJ under the name "David Solomon" (previously known as DJ D-Sol) producing EDM. He has performed at nightclubs and music festivals. His Spotify profile has 550,000 monthly listeners.