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TIL There is only one McDonald’s restaurant in Cuba, and it’s in Guantanamo Bay.

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mxKeE TIL that jail is where you stay if you did something that made you stay behind bars for less than a year and prison is for when it is for more than a year.
97x7 TIL Cincinnati was named after Roman dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, who is cited as an example of outstanding leadership, service to the greater good, civic virtue, lack of personal ambition and modesty.
J1BX1 TIL - ASML holds a monopoly over the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines used for the most advanced computer chips. Their best selling product is the Twinscan NXE:3600D costing $150 million. Shipping the machine requires 40 shipping containers, 20 trucks and three Boeing 747s.
lNyB TIL that a grizzly bear’s bite is estimated to be strong enough to crush a bowling ball
epWVb TIL that Margaret Chung, the first Chinese-American female physician, "adopted" over 1,500 soldiers. She treated them, cooked for them and gifted them jade Buddha figurines they wore around their necks.