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TIL Burger King is banned from operating within 20 miles of Mattoon, Illinois due to a lawsuit by the owners of a family restaurant named "Burger King".

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p8wX4 TIL Dolly Parton's "Jolene" is about a red-headed clerk who had a crush on her husband, but the song is named after one of her fans. Dolly told her, "That is pretty. That sounds like a song. I'm going to write a song about that."
ORJ4 TIL beer bottles are brown because brown glass blocks harmful UV sunlight, preserving the taste. However due to a shortage during WWII most beer companies were forced to use clear glass and higher quality beer makers chose green to distinguish themselves.
RJDQ TIL There’s an amusement park in Vegas that lets you drive construction equipment in a giant sandbox
111X TIL Dogs have ‘Eureka moments’ and enjoy the experience of solving a problem in order to obtain a reward.
kBw4 TIL that in 1941 the English tried to make “rat bombs” out of actual rat carcasses to use against the Germans.