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TIL a single Dutch restaurant is blocking Wendy’s from opening in the EU

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wom4o TIL of Malik Ambar (1548 – 1626), a black man enslaved in the horn of Africa, converted to Islam, brought to India and freed upon his master's death. From there he would create a successful mercenary army, pioneer guerillera warfare, and become a prime minister known for his administrative skill.
GAYV7 TIL The failed Scottish effort to colonize a portion of uninhabited Panama -- Derien -- consumed 20% of all Scottish money in circulation and helped lead it to join England in the Acts of Union of 1707.
ZovR TIL 8,900 children in the USA receive amputations each year due to lawn mower accidents
W7Gjd TIL about the Night of the Big Wind, a January 6th 1839 storm that was the most severe to hit Ireland in centuries. Over 20% of houses in Dublin were damaged or destroyed, and was so severe that people believed the world was ending
ne0MP TIL McDonalds did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons