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TIL McDonald’s made the design of the McFlurry container hedgehog friendly, so hedgehogs wouldn’t get stuck in them getting leftover food.

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5JjB TIL in 1989 a Michigan farmer found a camera attached to balloons in his field. It contained images of what appeared to be a mutilated corpse, sparking a yearlong FBI investigation. It turned out to be footage for Nine Inch Nails’ first music video, filmed 200 miles away.
PJDL TIL George Reeves, the actor who played Superman in the 1950s was wary because some fans tried to test his “invulnerability.” At one appearance a young fan pulled a pistol on him. Reeves convinced him to hand over the gun by telling him that a bystander could be hurt when the bullets bounced off
VMYYG TIL about Argument from poor design, an argument against the existence of a creator God, based on the reasoning that a powerful and benevolent God would not create organisms with suboptimal designs that can be seen in nature.
5rjk TIL The United States helped overthrow a democratically elected government in Brazil
p6Be TIL Aspartame – a common artificial sweeter in soft drinks – is one of the most rigorously tested food ingredients to date. Scientists have found no link between regular Aspartame consumption and cancer.