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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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X0D06 TIL Jimi Hendrix never had a #1 single. Or even in the top 10. His highest charting single reached #20.
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden
l7x0V TIL In Britain during the First World War white feathers, which symbolized cowardice, were often given to males out of uniform by women to shame them publicly into signing up to join the war.
lZ75 TIL that if not for food coloring, Cheetos would be gray.
xVvp1 TIL: Sexagesimal (base 60) is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.