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This is a weekly wrap of our Daily Knowledge Newsletter. You can get that newsletter for free here<\/a>.<\/div>\n

\"McDonalds\"<\/a>Who is McDonald in McDonald\u2019s Restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n

McDonald\u2019s is, without question, the most successful, popular, and influential fast-food restaurant chain in recorded history. The name most commonly associated with McDonald\u2019s is Ray Kroc.\u00a0 Kroc was the entrepreneur who founded the McDonald\u2019s corporation.\u00a0 So how did it come to be named \u201cMcDonald\u2019s\u201d? You see, contrary to what you\u2019ll often read, to suggest Kroc created McDonald\u2019s is, well, a crock. As is sometimes the case with amazingly successful businesses, the early part of the McDonald\u2019s story includes the people who came up with the ideas and created the thing, and the person who figured out how to sell the idea to the rest of the world. Ray Kroc was most definitely in the latter camp, essentially, the Steve Jobs… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Sailor<\/a>The Surprisingly Recent Invention of the T-Shirt<\/a><\/p>\n

The t-shirt is arguably the most popular outer garment in the entire world. Coming in a range of styles, colors and sizes there is quite literally a t-shirt for everyone. But where did this iconic garment come from and how did it become so popular? Relatively speaking, the t-shirt is a fairly new addition to our collective wardrobes and it has only been an acceptable piece of clothing in its own right for around half a century. While the garment itself has existed in a recognisable form (albeit with wider necks and shorter sleeves) since the early 20th century, it was almost universally considered to be underwear and it was rarely, if ever worn in public. So where did the t-shirt come from? It\u2019s… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"the_beatles_yesterday\"<\/a>Paul McCartney\u2019s \u201cScrambled Eggs,\u201d which Evolved Into One of the Most Recorded Songs of All Time<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI reckon \u2018Yesterday\u2019 is probably my best song. I like it not only because it was a big success, but because it was one of the most instinctive songs I\u2019ve ever written. I was so proud of it. I felt it was an original tune- the most complete thing I\u2019ve ever written. It\u2019s very catchy without being sickly\u201d- Paul McCartney. \u201cYesterday\u201d, written entirely (or almost entirely\u2013 read on) by Paul McCartney, is either the most, or second most, recorded song of all-time. (Guinness World Records claimed it was the most, but this has been contested with others claiming George Gershwin\u2019s 1935 \u201cSummertime\u201d is the true owner of that mantle.) Whatever the case, to date, at least 4,000 different versions of the classic \u201cBeatles\u201d tune have been recorded by artists as diverse as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Liberace, Tammy Wynette, Daffy Duck (!), The Mamas and the Papas, Marvin Gaye, Ray Charles and Placido Domingo. In the mid-sixties, long before \u201cYesterday\u201d… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"depressed-animal\"<\/a>Are There Any Animals Other Than Humans That Commit Suicide?<\/a><\/p>\n

Animal suicide is a hugely controversial issue in the world of animal research and psychology, because although there are numerous documented instances of animals seemingly intentionally ending their own lives, no one is exactly sure whether these cases can technically be classified as suicide. First things first, because we\u2019re sticklers for factual information, we feel like we\u00a0have to point out that the most famous \u201csuicidal\u201d animal of all, lemmings, do not actually throw themselves off of cliffs when they migrate<\/a>. As we\u2019ve already mentioned before<\/a>, no one is exactly sure where the myth originated from, but we can thank Disney for making it \u201ccommon knowledge\u201d when they used a turntable to… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Future<\/a>The Surprisingly Recent Time Period When Boys Wore Pink, Girls Wore Blue, and Both Wore Dresses<\/a><\/p>\n

If we were to play a word association game where I said a word and you had to yell out the first color that came to mind, it would probably go something like this: Banana- Yellow; Apple- Red; Boy- Blue; Girl- Pink. We can all understand why yellow and red are associated with bananas and apples, but boys are not blue and girls are not pink. So why are these colors so very much associated with these genders? Gender identification by color began in the early 20th century in the Western world. Before this, pink and blue did not hold any gender specific connotations and there are numerous examples of men wearing pink outfits and girls wearing blue; one French author, Xavier de Maistre in his work… (more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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