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TIL McDonalds owned and helped boost Chipotle to nearly 500 locations, but sold it in 2006 because it was a distraction.

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wnN7 TIL George Clooney once said that he’d trade lives with Richard Branson if he could. Branson’s wife instantly responded: “Done!”
8a6MZ TIL Dormant viruses can reactivate during spaceflight. Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of the crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions.
R7mdj TIL During the shooting of Jurassic Park, the sound design of the T. rex's roar was reportedly a composite of tiger, alligator, and baby elephant sounds. The deadly Dilophosaurus roar was created by combining howler monkeys, hawk screeches, rattlesnake hisses, and swan calls.
6BBl TIL that the term “Abracadabra” is actually a Hebrew phrase meaning “I create what I speak.“
Z8b0a TIL that in 2006, USA Today and Good Morning America revealed a list of the 'New Seven Wonders of the World' including the Internet.