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TIL that the Chicago area has more hot dog restaurants than McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King restaurants combined

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OogR4 TIL that since a lot of early Bond Girls were not fluent English speakers, their voices were dubbed in the films. Many of the actresses were dubbed by the same woman, Nikki van der Zyl.
gMa19 TIL the least-visited national park in the U.S. is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, which lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and has "no established roads, trails, visitor facilities, or campgrounds."
gr16L TIL After the success of the 1977 anime Rascal the Raccoon, up to 1,500 raccoons were imported as pets each year afterwards. Their descendants have spread to the entire country, damaged 80% of the Buddhist temples, and cause over $215,000 in agricultural damage each year.
x6B5w TIL Louise and Martine Fokkens worked as prostitutes in Amsterdam for more than 50 years and have retired in their early 80s after sleeping with more than 335,000 men or more than population of 38 countries and territories
oepo TIL A magazine published by a group that denied the AIDS virus existed was forced to cease publication because all of its editors died of AIDS.