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TIL that there is a fake McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles hiding in an office park used only for TV and commercial purposes

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wLVyJ TIL that in 1996 a bill was passed to protect food vendors from liability for giving unused food to the needy instead of throwing it away for liability reasons.
QJKgM TIL that Finland's reindeer herders wanted to reduce the 4,000 annual reindeer road deaths. They painted antlers in fluorescent colors, hung reflectors around necks, and used movable traffic signs. This failed, so they tried a mobile app for drivers to register sightings and get reindeer warnings.
QGVd TIL that 75% of all sesame seeds grown in Mexico end up on McDonald’s hamburger buns
m1Yox TIL that people pass rectal gases in increased quantities at high altitude, known as high-altitude flatus expulsion (HAFE).
BrRYe TIL Nanocardboard is made out of an aluminum oxide film with a thickness of tens of nanometers. Its sandwich structure, similar to that of corrugated cardboard, makes it more than 10,000x as stiff as a solid plate of the same mass. Shining a light on a piece of nanocardboard allows it to levitate.