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TIL McDonalds is banned from operating in Kingston, Jamaica due to a failed lawsuit against a local Jamaican restaurant named McDonalds Corporation Limited

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yQo08 TIL before the filming of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, director Alfonso Cuarón had Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson write essays about their characters. Watson turned in a 16 page essay, Radcliffe gave a single page, and Grint forgot to turn his in.
84JG TIL That the Rockefeller owned Standard Oil was declared a monopoly, forced to split into 33 companies in 1911 including Exxon and Mobil which then re-merged in 1999 into ExxonMobil the 8th largest company in the world.
vPVD TIL that, when playing fetch, dogs constantly change their speed and direction to keep the object they are fetching in a constant spot in their retina.
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