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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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woPJ8 TIL Euthanasia for patients with dementia is legal in Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
R7V66 TIL Little Richard denied near-death rumors in 2017 and asserted ‘I’m Still Singing’. He has kept largely away from the spotlight, reportedly living in a penthouse suite at the Hilton in downtown Nashville after hip surgery
oBbaW TIL Squirrels will take in orphaned pups if the babies are closely related to the adoptive mother, according to research. The study also shows squirrels are able to asses which pups they are related to before determining whether to adopt.
k0Xe TIL While playing a game of Chess in France, Benjamin Franklin took his opponent’s King after she inadvertently put it in check. When she said, “Ah, we don’t take kings so” Franklin replied, “We do in America.”
OPj1 TIL America isn’t the fattest country in the world. Mexico’s percentage of obese people exceeds America’s. Even then there are more countries with far higher obese percentages than the both of them.