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TIL that the phrase "Taco Tuesday" is trademarked by Taco John's, a restaurant in the US midwest and north.

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N7kQ6 TIL that EU citizens living in another EU member state have voting rights in local and EU elections in their country of residence, even if they're not citizens of that country.
Bg8Zd TIL: That there are 'Technology Sniffer Dogs'.
awkKo TIL that blond hair in humans developed only 11,000 years ago as an evolutionary response to the lack of sunlight in Northern Europe to enable more Vitamin D synthesis.
PYZ7L TIL about the Tarpeian Rock in Rome. In ancient times Romans threw traitors and murderers off this rock, named after the mythological first traitor to be flung from it: the Vestal Virgin Tarpeia.