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TIL The United States Congress only has a job approval rating of around 15%, but Congressional incumbents are re-elected at a rate of roughly 95%

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5V0d9 TIL the voice actress for the character Eva in the 2004 video game 'Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater' was credited under the pseudonym Suzetta Miñet and it was only revealed yesterday, 2 decades after the game's release, that the VA was actually Jodi Benson, who voiced Ariel in The Little Mermaid
0b8N TIL that 3 Musketeers bars original came three in a pack. One vanilla, one strawberry and one chocolate. Hence the name 3 Musketeers.
kKBE TIL McDonalds considered changing their logo in the 60’s until a psychologist advised against it, because the golden arches carried the “Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts.”
Rv68 TIL Walt Disney specified that Cinderella Castle at Disney World would be just short enough not to require a flashing red aircraft warning light on top distracting from the “magic.”
MkBK TIL the term “Caucasian,” was first used in 1785 by a German Philosopher to designate what he deemed “attractive” races. All “unattractive races” were called “Mongolians.”