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TIL McDonald’s is one of the leading contributors to deforestation in the Amazon and uses questionable tactics to do so.

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El6x TIL in 2004, a hurricane badly damaged a building in Cocoa Beach, Florida. While the lower levels rotted, a windowless upper space was used as a residence for ten years. The space’s resident was finally evicted in 2014, but committed suicide the next day.
1adbW TIL the reason MLB (Major League Baseball) has not faced any competitor leagues unlike the NHL, NFL and NBA is because of a 1922 Supreme Court case that granted them an exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, thus making them a legal monopoly
E1V9d TIL Square Enix used to be called SquareSoft before a merger.
wA88 TIL that Africa’s true size isn’t shown on standard maps and it’s larger than China, West Europe, and the US combined
d8wJB TIL about psychosocial dwarfism, a condition where a child can stop growing due to an extremely stressful environment. It can cause the body to completely stop growing but is generally temporary; regular growth will resume when the source of stress is removed.