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

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N6xQ TIL that the words ‘idiot,’ 'imbecile,’ and 'moron’ were originally medical categories for intellectual disability
YpEWB TIL about Self-plagiarism, when you reuse portion of your own work without acknowledging that you're doing so or citing the original work.
W7GL9 TIL that in the years following WW2, Nazi German warplane designs were extensively studied and shared amongst allied powers and the Soviet Union. This resulted in the development of the Axial Thrust Engine, a design so cutting edge that its principles are still found in modern jet engines today.
gMmd8 TIL In the 1970s the police discovered a couple who had kept their daughter imprisoned inside a locked room for 13 years. With no contact with the outside world, little stimulation, and very limited communication with her parents her brain wasn't capable of learning any language.
eWg6 TIL of stingrays, or fake cell towers used by law enforcement that trick cell phones into giving gps and identifying info. When used to track a suspect, it also gathers information of all cellphones nearby.