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TIL that Dexter Fletcher, the man who does the voiceover for the UK McDonalds adverts, directed Rocketman (2019), Eddie the Eagle (2015) and finished directing Bohemian Rhapsody (2018); and starred in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrells (1998).

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78o47 TIL that in Austria, Americans can go to any McDonald's to get in touch with the U.S. embassy if they need help. This was established under a new partnership between McDonald's locations in Austria and the U.S. Embassy in Vienna
JYJBQ TIL about enclaves and other geographic anomalies: Dahala Khagrabari, a piece of India within a piece of Bangladesh within a piece of India within Bangladesh; and Vulcan Point, the world’s largest island within a lake that is situated on an island located in a lake
VMAJp TIL that during WWII, the US government made a propaganda cartoon for the army called Private Snafu, written by Dr. Seuss. One episode was never released because Seuss's script, purely by coincidence, described a fictitious secret weapon very similar to the atomic bombs later dropped on Japan.
b9Z5p TIL Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling's final project was Fantasy Park, a 1975 radio concert. It was a 48-hour long rock concert edited together from dozens of separate live acts, including The Beatles. Presented as an actual concert, stations reportedly received calls asking how to get to the show.
kvpm TIL When Craig Ferguson was in the deep end of his alcoholism he decided to kill himself, only to get distracted on the way by a drink.