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TIL McDonalds did away with their spoon-shaped coffee stirrers because people were using them as cocaine spoons

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XEYOk TIL the word slogan derives from the Irish words sluagh "army" + gairm "cry". Its what the clan or army would chant going into battle.
rRroe TIL dogs have 10x to 20x faster reaction times than humans.
mgLo TIL that in 1869, Wyoming was the first state to pass a bill allowing women to vote. Why was such a random state so progressive? At that time there were 6 adult men for every 1 adult woman living in Wyoming. The lonely men hoped to attract more women to the region by offering the right to vote.
b6xMQ TIL that the owner of The Station nightclub, newly-hired as a reporter for a local tv station, was filming a segment on nightclub safety at the club when fire broke out, becoming one of the deadliest club fires in history
eJrJ TIL Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, starred in a Pizza Hut commercial