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

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ByRe TIL Morphine is named after Morpheus, the Greek God of Sleep.
PYlYO TIL an 18-month old golden retriever saved her owner from being attacked by a cougar. The dog named Angel threw herself between her owner, 11-year-old Austin Forman, and the cougar. Angel and the cougar fought, the cougar winning until an officer was called and shot it. Angel survived and recovered.
lwX7 TIL that, in 2009, thousands of women in Kenya went on a seven-day sex strike in protest of political instability. The strike was successful and ended in peaceful talks, because, above everything else, sex matters the most.
QNKr6 TIL that in China there is a village called Houtouwan that has been "swallowed" by nature. It's located on the island of Shengshan, and in its heyday it was inhabited by three thousand families.
kJxE5 TIL that Mike Ilitch, the founder of Little Caesar’s, quietly paid for Rosa Parks’ rent after learning she had been robbed and assaulted in her home at the age of 81 in 1994. He helped her move to a safer neighborhood and continued to pay her rent until she died in 2005.