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TIL The Burger King chain is called Hungry Jack’s in Australia

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XE1bj TIL of Valentin Dikul - a soviet circus performer who broke his back in an accident when he was 15 and was told by doctors he’d never walk again. He then designed his own training system, fully recovered and performed amazing feats of strength in the future e.g., back squatted 450kg/990lbs at 60 yo.
grEo4 TIL "One nation, under God" isn't a centuries-old relic, rather it was added as recently as in 1954.
XERAk TIL:In January 1960, white jazz pianist Dave Brubeck canceled a twenty-five-date tour of colleges and universities across the American South after twenty-two schools had refused to allow his black bassist, Eugene Wright, to perform. He also canceled a tv show where they didn't want to show him.