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TIL There are 41 countries that recognize sign language as an official language

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N7WQ TIL that when Rock Band was in its developing stages, Harmonix codenamed it Rock Band: Nickelback “on the theory that the name of the quintessentially generic modern rock group would be enough to deflect all curiosity.”
NGyE TIL when the first McDonald’s opened in Britain in 1974, culture shock was experienced. A couple of early customer noted with dismay there was no butter on the bread roll, or cutlery to eat with.
R0a9 TIL bacon bits are vegan
KgKw TIL Switzerland requires it’s citizens to train yearly in firearm handling and to own a gun with live amo + has extremely low homicide rates
Z8mAv TIL that Harper Lee’s friends gave her a full year’s salary for Christmas in 1956 so that she would be able to take a year off from work to write. Lee used that time to write “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which has since sold over 40 million copies.