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TIL McDonalds sued a health company called McWellness because McDonalds claimed it could possibly enter the healthcare industry.

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E0JV TIL due to its climate and landscape Alberta, Canada, is the largest rat free populated area in the world.
MKVm TIL that the Dothraki and Valyrian languages in A Game of Thrones are heard by more people than Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic combined.
QJgWX TIL Receipts in Taiwan are lottery tickets. It encourages locals to ask for receipts and boost tax income.
MeM7K TiL before "A Hard Day's Night" was released in America, a United Artists executive requested to dub the voices of the Beatles with mid-Atlantic accents. McCartney angrily replied, "Look, if we can understand a fucking cowboy talking Texan, they can understand us talking Liverpool."
rRPNx TIL Dong Chim, a prank translated as “poop needle” where you poke someone with your index fingers between their butt cheeks with as much force as possible, is so popular in South Korea that a town there decided a statue of children playing should depict the prank.