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TIL After 70 years of proclaiming the state of Israel, there is only one prime minister born in the established country.

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OGDa1 TIL in 2006, Quiznos sent mystery shoppers to franchise stores and sued owners for not putting enough meat in a prime rib sandwich. The owners won a lawsuit against Quiznos, with the judge calling Quizno's meat-weighing exercise a "charade" to bolster its national ad campaign against Subway.
Eg9nP TIL: Slaves made up 65% of South Carolina's population in 1720.
4Lwo TIL Clint Eastwood served as mayor of a town in California after campaigning against an ordinance banning the sale of ice cream.
BPZx TIL During a 2001 Seattle earthquake, a floral image was drawn in sand by a pendulum. Researchers believed it was formed by the initial 6.8 magnitude tremor & the outer lines were etched during the aftershock. They were going to make a mold of the pattern but a 3-year-old accidentally kicked it over
mxZax TIL Research shows that developing resilience and fighting back against anxiety can be a matter of "unlearning learned helplessness."