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TIL that only 17% of restaurants fail within their first year, despite the commonly touted figure of 9 / 10

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PYxEn TIL that in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger's famous line "Hasta la vista, baby" is dubbed in the European Spanish version as "Sayonara, baby".
eGaL TIL that only 3 of the 4 iconic smokestacks on the Titanic worked, the 4th was for aesthetic reasons and also to make the ship look more impressive.
W7dWB TIL: Chedipe is a vulgar, undressed, Indian witch vampire who rides on a tiger at night, casts a spell to enter your home, and then sucks men's blood through their toes. Sometimes, if the man is married, she sleeps with him in order to cause marital strife as she feeds off pain and sadness.
GA5pQ TIL What “would” means.
90y7 TIL that a 51 year old Brazilian priest strapped himself on a chair with 1000 balloons. He got lost at sea and later died.