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TIL Wendy's can't come to Europe because there's 1 two-table restaurant in The Netherlands that's already called Wendy's. Brilliant story

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pKMA TIL that Seattle changed Columbus day to indigenous peoples day in 2014 to acknowledge that native Americans were living in the Americas long before Columbus “discovered” it.
XEglE TIL: Horseshoe crab has 10 eyes. Some detect both visible & UV light and some help find mates during the spawning season.. The eyes are a million times more sensitive to light at night than day. They've been around for 450 million years, are not crabs actually and more related to spiders.
j6nDR TIL about Sway and their cover of Hands Up (Give Me Your Heart). Sway was a group of sessions musicians recruited to perform the song for a Club Med ad. It went on to be a top ten hit in Canada.
kYOm TIL that Nero did not “fiddle” during the Great Fire of Rome. Upon hearing news of the fire, Nero rushed back to Rome to organize a relief effort. He opened his palaces to provide shelter for the homeless, arranging for food supplies to be delivered in order to prevent starvation among the survivors
oBLx8 TIL Huey Lewis sued Ray Parker Jr. for writing the Ghostbusters theme song, claiming he stole it from his hit, “I Want a New Drug”