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TIL that French fry carts in the Netherlands are like hot dog carts in NYC, they’re on almost every corner! The Dutch love their French fries with mayonnaise, called patat met. ????

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ANKKd TIL: The area of Lake Chad experienced four heydays between 39,000 BC and 300 BC. This has been called Mega-Chad.
ZlLY TIL Wellington R. Burt, 1831-1919, did not leave his $100,000,000 estate to his children. His will had a “spite clause” which specified to wait until all his children and 21 years after his last grandchild while he was still alive had died. The estate was settled in 2011.
8odX TIL: A cockroach can live for a week without its head. The roach only dies because without a mouth, it can’t drink water and dies of thirst.
epxYb TIL Carrie Underwood makes $1Million EVERY time she sings the opening for Sunday Night Football ($18Million a season). I’d call that a marketing “loss leader” and another insult to the hard working viewers.
Qygk TIL that in 1952 North Korea once held an “Inter Camp Olympics” for P.O.Ws as a publicity stunt, with some 500 prisoners taking part in events like American Football and Basketball.