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TIL that in Vietnam, the Vietnam War is called the Resistance War against America, or the American War.

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6ryY TIL in 1996, as a April Fool’s Day prank, the Taco Bell Corporation took out a full-page ad that appeared in six major newspapers saying that it had bought the Liberty Bell and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. The National Historic Park in Philadelphia received hundreds of outraged calls.
9Y4MD TIL the most successful pirate captain of the Golden Age of Piracy, "Black" Bart, had very strict rules on his ship, prohibiting all lights and drinking after 8 in the evening. There was also a complete ban on gambling. If a crew member got hurt, he received a pension proportionate to his injury
G9oG TIL there’s an episode of Arthur that teaches censorship on television. For the entirety of the episode the children learn and use curse words toward one another!
69d5Q TIL that there is an Egyptian-born Polish rapper named Taco Hemingway. He is the first Polish musician to exceed 1 billion plays on Spotify.
dDrPK TIL the last successful Fair catch kick in the NFL was in 1976