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TIL Wendy's is the only fast food chain in the U.S. that has never used sesame seed buns, making it the the go-to restaurant for many sesame allergy sufferers (the 9th most common food allergy)

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16y1P TIL that SOS is a reverse acronym (a backronym). It is a distinctive and easy way to remember the morse code distress signal of three dots, three dashes, three dots. Only after its implementation did the mnemonic phrase such as "Save Our Souls come into use
RxQ TIL “TASER” is an acronym for “Thomas A. Swift’s Electric Rifle”.
xVv8k TIL there is a single official object that defines the mass of a kilogram. A tiny, 139-year-old cylinder of platinum and iridium that resides in a triple-locked vault near Paris
VMADB TIL California has both the highest and lowest elevation points in the lower 48 states, and they are only 80 miles apart. Mount Whitney at 14,495 ft and Death Valley at -282 ft.
Me6mm TIL That foaming hand soap has been found to be less effective than regular liquid hand soap at removing bacteria