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TIL that a 2017 McDonald's commercial was pulled after being slammed by numerous complaints as exploitative. The commercial featured a boy who is talking with his mom and trying to find something in common with his late father. At the end he finally finds something - they both liked the Filet-O-Fish

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WkQ1X TIL after the original script for ‘The Hateful Eight’ was leaked in a hack and distributed online, Tarantino vowed to never make another film. However, the cast, namely Samuel L. Jackson, were so impressed by the script during a live reading, that Tarantino was convinced to go ahead and make it.
woA18 TIL In 1963, some 20% of Humlikon village (43 residents from a population 217) were killed in a single Swiss Air plane crash. That included the mayor, the entire town council, all of the school staff, the postmaster, and family.
VMWrZ TIL there is a sexual orientation called "objectum sexuality" (OS) where individuals experience emotional, romantic, and/or sexual feelings towards inanimate objects. OS individuals also possess significantly higher rates of diagnosed autism and synaesthesia
M9K0 TIL Harry Houdini bought his own airplane and flew it in Australia just 6 years after the Wright brothers made their first flight.
Z8E1a TIL of the time a 59-year-old Louisiana man was captured by South Koreans after trying to cross the Civilian Control Line into North Korea. When questioned, he claimed he was going to "help resolve tensions on the Korean Peninsula." All he packed for his heroic escapade was extra underwear.