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TIL Stephen Hawking spent his final days attempting to solve the parallel universe mystery and updated his paper just ten days before his death

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loJlV TIL the Filet-O-Fish was invented due to falling hamburger sales on Fridays resulting from Roman Catholic practice of abstaining from meat on Fridays.
WyZo TIL Thanksgiving was moved in 1939 to the second-to-last Thursday (from the last Thursday) in November by FDR at the request of the president of Macy’s, to increase the number of shopping days before Christmas.
NRK6 TIL Nintendo’s stock skyrocketed when Pokémon Go was released, until investors realized Nintendo didn’t make the game. Stock plummeted resulting in $6.4 billion loss in value.
6EARY TIL Native Americans never rode horses until the Europeans brought them in the 16th century
Er0d TIL During WW2, captured German officers, sent to Britain as POWs, lived in luxury in Trent Park. This was done to make them feel relaxed. However, they were being listened to by 100 ‘listeners’. They revealed secrets about the holocaust, events in Berlin, Hitlers madness and V2 rocket bases.