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TIL McDonald’s is set to have fewer locations next year for first time ever

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Z8Z4D TIL Kurt Vonnegut's brother, Bernard, won an Ig Nobel prize for determining that the ability of a tornado to pluck the feathers from a chicken is not a good method of estimating its wind speed.
gBeW TIL Actor/Comedian Kevin Hart organizes a free-to-join 5K in every city he visits for his comedy tours just because he wants company on his morning runs.
OGVke TIL: A woman known as SM experiences no fear or anxiety due to her amygdala being destroyed as a result of Urbach-Wiethe Disease, a rare genetic condition.
LkXA0 TIL that when casting Oliwia Dabrowska as 'The Girl In the Red Coat' in Schindler's List, Steve Spielberg asked her not to watch the film until she eighteen. She watched it when she turned eleven and was horrified.
PYNPO TIL about Dayton “Wheels” Jones, a pro Killer Instinct player who was born with SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy) type 2. Despite his genetic disorder, he’s an absolute master at Killer Instinct. He won 2nd place at the 2017 Combo Breaker tournament.