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TIL that there is a beer named after the Austrian village of Fucking. It is named Fucking Hell and was originally denied a trademark.

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OoMaa TIL that Foreign branding is the process of naming a product to sound exotic. An example is Häagen-Dazs, which was invented in the Bronx.
4Gga TIL That a drug dealer was caught running from the cops in the woods because of his light up shoes
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