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TIL that Bell is the last name of the man who founded Taco Bell

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4kbro TIL Alexander the Great’s troops marched an estimated 22,000 miles (35,000 km) while conquering from Greece to Egypt to India. That’s almost the circumference of Earth (24,000 miles).
b9ap7 TIL that in the original ending of the Inca-inspired animated film "The Emperor's New Groove", the titular Emperor demolishes a rainforest to create a theme park. Sting – who spent 20 years defending the rights of indigenous people – threatened to leave the project unless the ending was changed.
kJOW4 TIL Lake Constance is the only place in Europe without clear borders as the countries that intersect it disagree over who has sovereignty. Austria thinks they own the lake equally as a condominium, Switzerland insists the border runs down the middle, and Germany's opinion is basically ¯_(ツ)_/¯.
x6Xgb TIL that seaweeds, like kelp, are not plants. They belong in the kingdom Protista. Seaweeds lack the vascular system and roots of a plant; they can absorb the water and nutrients they need directly from the ocean.
VR8D TIL that the battle of Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War was lost… Due to Tootsie Rolls. A codereader mistook the code for mortar shells (“snacks”, they were called), and literally sent hundreds of crates of Tootsie Rolls to the marines who were out of mortar rounds.