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TIL that the Big Mac had two previous names: “aristocrat” and “blue ribbon burger”, both which failed in the marketplace.

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E1PMW TIL The only known case of "Chromosome 6 Deletion" where a person does not feel pain, hunger, or the need to sleep (and subsequently no sense of fear) is a 7-year-old girl named Olivia Farnsworth. In 2016 she was hit by a car and dragged 30 meters, yet felt nothing and emerged with minor injuries.
ADrmn TIL the first words ever spoken on a telephone were "[Come here, Mr Watson,] I want to see you" – in these times of social distancing, it really made me think about all the huge technical efforts made just to fill our need to see others.
abJ0 TIL: The French filmmaker who wrote and directed The Red Balloon also invented the board game Risk.
9YJXp TIL, two notable musicians named Brian were in the band Roxy Music. Bryan Ferry, and Brian Eno who also had their own solo careers, even though there's a spelling difference in their names.
PYBbn TIL while the winners of the 1971 Cannonball Run - a street race across the USA - were driving a Ferrari Daytona, the 2nd place finishers had a Chevy van fitted with a 248-gallon auxiliary tank to minimize the refuel count. The van took only 53 minutes longer than the Ferrari to finish the race in.