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TIL that Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch), Ben & Jerry's, Burger King, Trader Joes, 7-11, & American Apparel are no longer based in America.

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P1MYZ TIL That the Atlanta episode about a progressive lesbian couple adopting several black children to use for money and clout. Eventually killing themselves when it is found out is based on a true story. Unfortunately in reality they also killed the kids
p89aG TIL jellyfish have been attacking nuclear power plants in Japan and India since the 1960s, with up to 150 tons per day removed from the cooling system of just 1 power plant. In India, workers removed over 4mil jellyfish from screens over the entrances to cooling pipes. That’s 80 tons of jellyfish.
8eeM4 TIL Bach wrote the Brandenburg Concertos in 1721 as part of a job application to the Margrave, which he never received a reply. The concertos were unpublished until 1850 and almost lost again during WWII
GPMJ TIL that McDonald’s faced controversy when they opened their first stores in the U.K. Applicants were asked if they wished to contribute money to an I.R.A. McDonald’s was referring to an Individual Retirement Account, but the public assumed they meant the Irish Republican Army.
nWd4b TIL that Superman's lesser known powers include amnesia kisses, shapeshifting face (later dropped because that's something a bad guy would do), and 'wall rebuilding' vision