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TIL Taco Bell started out as a hot dog stand called Bell's Drive-In in 1948.

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YBNr TIL that a man once escaped a police interrogation room by putting a coat over his handcuffs and walking out the door. He later mailed back the cuffs.
4X7a6 TIL that a mummified arm hangs on the wall of a church in Prague. While attempting to steal some jewels from the church, a thief became stuck and his arm had to be amputated. The arm, which is about 400 years old, was hung from a meat hook as a warning and it's been there ever since.
K519 TIL Harley Davidson paid a $15M fine for cheating on EPA emissions in 2016
WkJb8 TIL Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage
6Y8Z TIL that Thomas Jefferson tried for years to send a gigantic stuffed moose to a French count to counter claims that the North American climate made all animals (including people) weak and feeble