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TIL the Original Ronald McDonald was fired for being overweight

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LYMv TIL Young men in Ukraine had the choice between two years of army service or two minutes of cleaning debris off of the Chernobyl station. Many chose the two minutes and most of them are now dead.
WkvoX TIL there is a scientific study evaluating Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’s ability to assist in passing a kidney stone
gGBD TIL Ben Schulz (more infamously known as Leeroy Jenkins) had a written role in the script for the Warcraft movie. Pvt Jenkins was to break rank “with a zealous battlecry” and be immediately cut down by orcs. The part was ultimately cut from the movie.
x68Jo TIL that in 1986 a limnic eruption caused a toxic gas cloud of CO2 to be released from Lake Nyos. The cloud traveled downhill at 30mph and killed 1,786 people nearly instantly. People have since moved back to the area, and scientists believe it is only a matter of time before this could happen again
6ELlX TIL of the USS Barb (SS-220), a submarine which sank 17 ships during WWII, Including the Japanese aircraft carrpier Un'yō