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MexlV TIL In order to open a Taco Bell franchise, Taco Bell requires you to have a minimum net worth of $1.5 million and at least $750,000 in liquid assets.
Zp5pQ TIL 17th century England had twerking ("Moulding Cockle Bread" dancing) and moral panics about twerking.
J1wjv TIL that Isekai is on of the most popular genres of Japanese science fiction. It revolves around a person or people who are transported to and have to survive in another world, such as a fantasy world, virtual world, or parallel universe. Isekai traces it's roots back ancient Japanese literature.
PYOve TIL about The Man in the Red Bandana, Welles Crowther, an equities trader who is credited with saving as many as 18 people in the south tower on 9/11 before losing his own life in the collapse. Every year his Alma Mater Boston College honors him during a football game by wearing red bandanas.
a8WV9 TIL that Orson Welles met with Walt Disney about making an animated adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince together. Welles' pitch captivated Disney's animators so much that Walt became indignant. He declared to an associate, "There is not room on this lot for two geniuses!"