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TIL McDonald’s ran a McResource website and phone line, giving advice to employees to do things like return unopened Christmas gifts to get out of debt and assiting them in applying for food stamps.

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90lp TIL that 1989’s “Batman” soundtrack album was mainly composed by Prince, and is considered to be his 11th studio album, but since Prince had to agree to sign the publishing rights over to Warner Bros, none of the high-charting “Batman” songs appear on future hits compilations.
j649Q TIL that in 1999, an artist named Michael Heizer created a massive sculpture called "City" in the Nevada desert. It's a monumental earthwork sculpture that spans over 1.5 miles and includes various geometric shapes and structures.
DQ8Gp TIL Stephen King's father was born Donald Pollock. He changed his last name to King sometime between the ages of 18 and 23. He went out to get cigarettes when Stephen was 2 year old and never came home.
VMXPB TIL of the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. While in active duty military, you can submit a request to your credit card lenders to lower your interest rate to a maximum of 6%, and they are required by law to comply. This applies to debt incurred before joining as well.
Ypy9A TIL: Up until the 1950's, NYC had an abundance of wild marijuana plants, with some in Brooklyn growing as high as seven feet tall. They were all eventually eradicated by the Department of Sanitation, destroying nearly 41,000 pounds of wild weed.