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TIL Subway has more locations than Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut combined

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9w0dp TIL that there is a conspiracy theory that Avril Lavigne died in 2003 and was replaced by a body double - Melissa Vandella
aww6L TIL that Yellowstone National Park contains 1/2 of the world's documented geothermal features and 2/3 of the world's geyers - beating both Iceland and Russia.
9YvjG TIL that when 'The Lonely Island' were shooting a scene involving the mugging of an old lady, passerby Keifer Sutherland assumed it was a real attack and tried to intervene.
wLk71 TIL that lemurs use a certain kind of millipede to get high. The millipedes also act as a kind of insect repellent too, keeping mosquitos away from the lemurs for a bit
OG6G4 TIL Corporal Nand Singh earned the Victoria Cross in WW2. He captured 3 trenches, killing soldiers with his bayonet despite wounds. He earned another medal in 1947, capturing a bunker by killing enemy with his bayonet. The Pakistanis threw his body in a garbage dump, never to be recovered.