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TIL In 2006, McDonald’s resigned their McFlurry containers to be more hedgehog friendly.

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ADXDd TIL one of Switzerland’s defense strategies is to demolish every main road, bridge and railway access into Switzerland in case of a foreign invasion, with at least 3,000 locations around the country prepared to blow at a moment’s notice.
9PN7 TIL that Bhutan has a minister of happiness, whose goal is to be conscious and respect the pursuit of happiness nation wide. The UN was inspired and passed resolution 65/309, effectively putting ‘happiness’ on the global agenda.
p8wyN TIL 24 astronauts flew around the moon. 12 of those walked on the lunar surface, and 6 of those drove a lunar rover on the moon. 3 astronauts have been out to the moon twice, and of those 3, 2 of them have landed. Nobody has been on the moon more than once.
5djr TIL In the horror game Silent Hill: Shattered Memories psychologically profiles you as you play and changes the game to become your own personal nightmare
Y7kkW TIL that feather pillows actually date back to Roman times, but they fell out of favor and/or affordability for several hundred years