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TIL The US military sends its doctors to Chicago to give them practice for gunshot wounds

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R5MJ9 TIL in 1575, Don Quixote author Miguel de Cervantes and his brother Rodrigo were captured and enslaved by Barbary Pirates. After two years his family could only afford one ransom, so Rodrigo was freed. Cervantes was freed three years later after a religious charity paid his ransom.
KOMX6 TIL that Taco Bell originally started out as a hotdog stand in 1948. Glen Bell, the founder, reverse engineered the taco recipe from a popular Mexican restaurant across the street. He then reopened as a taco stand that would later become Taco Bell.
RR47 TIL Japan fines fat people
d8O4d TIL that "Dumpster" is a genericized trademark, like Kleenex or Band-Aid.
XJy8 TIL Prospective immigrants, even spouses of citizens, are required at pass a language test in Germany before they’re allowed to enter the country.