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TIL A&W's 1/3lb burger failed in the USA because Americans thought they were getting a smaller burger compared to the McDonald's Quarter Pounder

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d85m8 TIL When ancient romans had something stolen from them, they would "transfer" ownership of their stolen items to a deity, so as to make the god responsible for punishing the thief
neZQ7 TIL the National Park Service has officially advised against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack, ‘even if the friendship has run its course’
9YQ5B TIL about "Old Tom", an Orca that would help whalers kill baleen whales in exchange for the tongues and lips of the kills (the "Law of the Tongue")
BgX8d TIL about the Monument to the War of 1812 in Toronto, it features a silver US toy soldier laying fallen at the feet of a golden Canadian toy soldier.
8elO8 TIL Doug Henning, the New Age illusionist from the 70s, was diagnosed with liver cancer. Despite graduating with honors with a degree in science and psychology, he believed that meditation and a diet of nuts and berries would save him. He was dead within 6 months, at the age of 52.