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TIL the old man who died in the Mt St Helens eruption was once sunk by a U-boat, smuggled booze, threw his ex-wife into a lake during arguments, got park rangers drunk, impersonated game wardens, assaulted taxmen, hated hippies, chased off a Supreme Court Justice and died with his cats on a volcano

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9YPNm TIL Taco Bell was founded by Glen Bell who watched long lines of customers at a Mexican restaurant. He ate there regularly, attempting to reverse-engineer the taco recipe, and eventually persuaded the owners to show him how they were prepared. With this knowledge, he opened a stand selling tacos.
Z8lDB TIL about an event known as an "October Surprise." An October Surprise is a news event deliberately timed just before a US election in order to influence the outcome of that election.
m11po TIL: Let It Be by the Beatles was actually about Paul's mother, and not the Virgin Mary
51XD TIL there is a small town in Australia which has a decommissioned submarine on display in a park, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ visit to the country community members knitted yellow wool squares to cover the entire sub.
Y7yeB TIL that 7 years after his Eurovision performance, Kristian Kostov of Bulgaria remains the only one among winners and runner-ups to be born in 2000s