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TIL the McDonald's Happy Meal debuted in the US in 1979 as the "Circus Wagon Happy Meal"

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rBpx TIL that May 20, 2010 was declared “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” as a response to jihadist threats against cartoonists
QNNva TIL in the early 18th century, the St. Bernard dog breed was used by monks living in St.Bernard's Pass to help rescue people after snowstorms. Their resistance to cold weather and great sense of direction made them helpful for this. They were even able to find people deeply buried under snow.
4dxo TIL The guy who voiced the tootsie pop owl invented the artificial human heart
Brn5k TIL Neanderthals practiced cannibalism
lo5bA TIL Titanic crew member William Murdoch who was portrayed as shooting a passenger and then commiting suicide in the movie, was in fact last seen trying to fill as many life boats as possible and heroically went down with the ship.