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TIL the McRib is only sold when pork prices are low.

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JYX7V TIL the movie TOP GUN has a PG rating, despite S**t being said over 30 times, a drawn-out sex scene, drinking, smoking, and graphic violence.
DXxj TIL of the Scythian Philosopher Anacharsis “Laws are spider-webs, which catch the little flies, but cannot hold the big ones.”
9Y8E6 TIL the world record for highest CPU frequency ever achieved was set in 2011 by a team of engineers at AMD. They overclocked an AMD Bulldozer-based FX-8150 chip to 8.805 GHz using liquid helium.
OoPOa TIL of Alexei Maresyev, a Soviet fighter ace who, upon being shot down, crawled for 18 days and nights back to Soviet territory. Even though his legs had to be amputated due to frostbite, he was soon back in the air with the assistance of prosthetic legs.
R5ZeQ TIL that by far the largest consumer of tea per capita is Turkey, with over 3 kg of tea per person per year