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

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GY8KN TIL that horses can grow mustaches...
4XoZN TIL Mansa Musa is the richest person that has ever lived. Simply valued as "Richer than anyone could describe" his sheer wealth dwarfs the $4.6 trillion of Augustus Caesar and the paltry $150 billion amassed by Jeff Bezos and the $100 billion scraped together by Bill Gates.
QN4JX TIL about the old Chinese custom of 'footbinding' (also known as lotus feet), and that it was seen as a mark of feminine beauty and a status symbol, raising marriage prospects. Feet were broken and bound together, ensuing in many deformities, infections, and disabilities.
dg7Z TIL that it was illegal in Soviet Union to not have a job
OG5ZX TIL: Blue eyes are more sensitive to light, so people with darker eye colors can see better during the day, but the extra light sensitivity also gives people with blue eyes better night vision.