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TIL 'Home Alone’ was released in France as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane’, and ‘Home Alone 2’ as ‘Mum, I Missed the Plane Again and This Time I Am Lost in New York’

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j6jxE TIL that Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, known simply as Cane's, was founded in 1996, and named after the owner's Yellow Labrador Retriever. Other yellow labs have served as the company mascot, though the dog is not seen on signs for the restaurant in Kuwait, where dogs are not popular.
wLxp1 TIL my favorite Mexican dish was originally a stew made with the human flesh of sacrificed prisoners .
M7LPm TIL of the novel "The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century". Written in 1827, it is the first English story to feature a reanimated mummy. Notably, it is science fiction, not horror, taking place in the year 2126 with the Pharaoh Cheops returning and giving political and life advice to people.
b9YWZ TIL the reason why NASA (and later the Russians) use a specialised space pen instead of pencil in space is because the graphite of pencils is conductive and can cause short circuits and even fires. The pens have been used since the Apollo era and are still being used right now on the ISS.
wLymM TIL that Noshir Gowandia, one of the prinicipal designers of the B-2 bomber is serving time for espionage.