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TIL McDonalds makes a majority of its money by collecting rent.

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5VO5p TIL the historian meridian marker In Greenwich is off by about 100 meters because they looked "straight up" at stars, but to find "straight up" you use a weight to find "straight down", and the uneven mass of the Earth means that it doesn't point to the exact center of the Earth
loWeB TIL Marion County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after one of its officers said he suspected someone had taken a bite out of a McChicken sandwich. They concluded that the officer forgot he took a bite of his sandwich.
4kME6 TIL young adult brains aren't fully developed until they're 25. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, which responds to situations with good judgment. Teens and young adults process information with the amygdala. This is the emotional part.
nm7d TIL when Rupert Grint got his driver’s license, he bought an ice cream truck to fulfill a childhood desire and gives out free ice cream to children.
5YLQQ TIL Germany tried brokering peace between the China and Japan during WW2