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TIL McDonald’s is no longer the global leader in fast food chains. It’s Subway.

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R7rdw TIL in 1927, a store that sold blocks of ice called the Southland Ice Company decided to keep extended hours, from 7am-11pm. They changed their name to 7-11. Once, after a football game, customers kept coming in and they were not able to close all night, so they adopted a 24 hour model
YpmPx TIL Stan Lee enlisted in the military after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Lee served during World War 2 in the Army Signal Corps from 1942 to 1944, first as a lineman before being moved to technical writing once the Army realized Lee’s writing skills.
GYrAQ TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
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