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TIL McDonald’s first menu items were hot dogs, not hamburgers.

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1a6ZP How well do you know your neighbors? If you live in an urban area of North America, you might have a furry neighbor that you haven't yet seen. Raccoons have adapted so well to city life, they are now more common in cities than in the country.
1aoE4 TIL although Mt. Everest boasts the highest altitude above sea level, and Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak, the summit of Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo is over 6,800 feet farther from the center of the Earth than Everest's due to centrifugal bulging
VMr8p TIL that more than 1 in 200 Americans is missing a limb.
077M TIL that Michael Jackson would beatbox all the parts of his songs to the musicians for them to perform
Zpxpv TIL ancient graffiti found in Pompeii calls into dispute the date Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. A millennia would pass before archeologist’s would discover a workers charcoal inscription dated 17 October 79 AD. 2 months after the infamous city was allegedly buried under 20 feet of ash and pumice stone.