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TIL: Burger King has a spa in Finland

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PvEL TIL Papa John lives in a literal castle, but doesn’t provide his employees with health insurance.
JYmPk TIL Brazil has nearly 60,000 murders a year, more than the US, Canada, Australia, all of Europe, China, and many Asian countries combined.
nVoP TIL that when Napoleon emancipated the Jews he stated that “I will never accept any proposals that will obligate the Jewish people to leave France, because to me the Jews are the same as any other citizen in our country”
yVvoM TIL that author Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin) and Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn) were next door neighbors.
OGPwR TIL that “Madison” was nearly unheard of as a girls’ name until 1984. In the film “Splash,” released that year, Daryl Hannah’s character names herself Madison after reading a street sign. Tom Hanks’ character tells her that Madison isn’t a real name.