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TIL Costa Rica was the third country in the world after the U.S. and Canada to have a McDonald’s location

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BGeW TIL that the bull on the Elmer’s glue logo is the husband of Elsie, the cow on the Borden Milk logo.
woZx6 TIL about William Marston, a psychologist who created both Wonder Woman and the polygraph
v1rnr TIL about Rolando Sanchez, a former general surgeon from Tampa, FL. who in 1995, amputated the wrong leg of a diabetic patient (claiming it to be a clerical error) and, just 5 months later, unnecessarily removed the big toe of another patient during a debridement procedure on her right foot.
4krYg TIL about Adolphe Sax, the inventor of the saxophone. Sax survived multiple near-death experiences, including falling from a height, swallowing a pin, and surviving poisoning. Despite these challenges, he went on to revolutionize music with his creation of the saxophone in 1846.
yvgJ TIL Speedy Gonzales was banned by Cartoon Network for being an offensive stereotype, only to be returned after mass protest by the hispanic-american community.