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TIL there are more Subway restaurants than McDonald’s

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rm7w TIL that weapons made of iron existed before development of smelting. The source of iron was iron meteorite.
rnNo TIL that former USSR Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov prevented a nuclear holocaust and potentially WWIII by going with his “gut feeling” and believing that the USSR’s early-warning satellite signal was faulty when it reported that the US had launched 5 ballistic missiles at them
4mx5 TIL that the Church of Scientology has a “prison” that they keep underperforming members of the church in
7QEr TIL The bomb squad in Bristol UK once blew up a suspicous box which contained leaflets on what to do if you find a suspicous package
grOpD TIL that an unknown 19th century Japanese artist painted a parody of the sacred scene of the Buddha's death that is commonly called the "Penis Paranirvana", in which the dying Buddha is replaced by a giant anthropomorphic penis being mourned by women and other penises.