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TIL There were only 15 episodes of the Mr. Bean show.

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4XDyg TIL as early as 839 AD, Swedes & Scandanavians served as mercenaries in the Byzantine army. Swedish men left to enlist in such numbers that a new law "Västgötalagen" was created that said no one could inherit while staying in Greece to stop emigration.
X6bE TIL that ABRACADABRA is actually a Hebrew term meaning “I create what I speak”.
ZpeQG TIL that aesthetic dentist Dr. Irwin Smigel was the father of comedy writer Robert Smigel.
01gN TIL Coca-Cola still uses coca leaves in its signature syrup, and there is only one factory in the US with the unique DEA license required to remove the cocaine.
popp TIL that every US Coast Guard cadet trains aboard a tall ship captured from Hitler’s navy.