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TIL that the first McDonald's restaurant in Australia opened in 1971 in Yagoona, New South Wales. It was the 100th McDonald's globally and marked the start of the brand's iconic presence in Australia

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VGw0 TIL For the last fifty years of her life, Mother Teresa had lost her faith. In private letters to friends and confessors she acknowledged repeatedly that she no longer felt the presence of God in her life at all, and once described her pretense at faith as “hypocrisy”.
Y7eVW TIL Charlotte Rampling, who plays Gaius Helen Mohiam in the 2021 Dune series, was approached by Alejandro Jodorowsky to portray Lady Jessica in a failed attempt in the 1970s. She left the project in disgust after reading a scene in the script where 2,000 extras defecated at once.
PY5Ze TIL of Sakurajima, a hyperactive volcano in Japan which erupts up to 6 times per day
d8ZB TIL A Stanford professor became a billionaire by investing in the ideas of students (googles first check)
d8Qr7 TIL in Japanese culture, it is very rare for one to tell their parents "I love you" (sometimes never) or to express their affection towards their parents like hugging