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TIL Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt ate 100 McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets every day for 10 days during the 2008 Beijing Olympics

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XEB8D TIL Gerard Way (lead singer of My Chemical Romance) is Joe Rogan's second cousin.
yVAvp TIL researchers estimate that the United States could harness enough energy from its nuclear waste to power the nation for 100 years.
VBQ08 TIL during World War 2, Pittsburgh produced more steel and iron than all Axis powers—combined.
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