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TIL Taco Bell tried to expand into Mexico twice, but it failed both times due to Mexican consumers wanting nothin to do with their food.

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grVaW TIL Jupiter's moon Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system and is larger than the planet Mercury or dwarf planet Pluto.
e0DM5 TIL I learned giant herds of goats are used to eat brush in high risk areas around CA to help prevent wildfires.
ma0y TIL when kidnapped by pirates, a young Julius Caesar basically took charge of the ship, ordered his captors around & even read them his poetry (while reminding them they’d be crucified afterwards, which the pirates found hilarious.) Once free he raised a navy, captured them, and had them crucified.
KYoEG TIL every fraction of sevenths is the same sequence of recurring numbers but with the decimal point moved. 1/7=0.142857, 2/7=0.285714, 3/7=0.428571 etc.
lo4yN TIL at the Skeleton Coast (called by natives "The Land God Made in Anger") where the Atlantic meets the Namib desert, over 1000 ships have met their end.