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TIL McDonald`s when launched its first outlet in Moscow (USSR) in 1990, the city went mad, sold over 30000 burgers on the first day

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YpmkG TIL In the mid 70's a kid named Saul Hudson would ditch school and hang out at his best friend's house. His best friend's dad, actor Seymour Cassel, would call Saul "slash" because he was always in a hurry, moving around. And to this day, he's known simply as guitar legend Slash.
VBwQ8 TIL that despite retiring in 2021, starting this season baseball player Chris Davis will receive from the Baltimore Orioles $9.16 million a year for the next 3 years. He'll receive $3.5 million a year for the following 7 years and starting in 2033, he’ll receive $1.4 million a year until 2037.
NDMQ TIL that in 2010, a woman named Lori Ruff committed suicide. Her husband’s family found a box among her possessions that contained name change documents and the birth certificate of a long-dead two-year-old girl. However, the true identity of Lori Ruff has now been discovered!
Wvm4 TIL in Japan, the shutter sound of iPhone cameras cannot be switched off–even in silent mode–because the Japanese are so afraid of perverts taking upskirts in the subways
woaM TIL in 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world. Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem: she sings at 52hz, and so no other whales can hear her.