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TIL McD’s founder Ray Croc and Walt Disney both lied about their age to serve in WWI and served in the same ambulance.

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yQGPM TIL Christopher Robin began hating his bear and was upset by neglect from his father. AA Milne was preoccupied by a "dream son". "He had got where he was by climbing on my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and had left me with nothing but the empty fame of being his son".
Z8mLD TIL that there are seven mathematic problems, so called "Millenium Problems", with a prize tag of $1 million attached to each of them. One got solved and the mathematician (Perelman) rejected the prize because he thinks it's unfair.
lorDA TIL After the release of the film "Jaws", fishermen started catching as many sharks as possible, believing they were doing a public service, causing a huge decline in shark populations in the North Atlantic. Peter Benchley, the author of the original book, has become a dedicated conservationist.
W77xY TIL that the very first Lego bricks did not lock together.
4O7w TIL Costa Rica has no army, it abolished it in 1949