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TIL that "Budweiser" in German means "of Budweis", however American Budweiser is unrelated to the Budweiser made in Budweis for hundreds of years

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aBL9 TIL A Spanish judge has ruled that women can be charged more for driving lessons because “men were better drivers”
4XblN TIL of Benjamin "Pap" Singleton, also known as Black Moses, who lead thousands of freed slaves from the South to colony towns in Kansas. These black migrants fleeing the South were known as Exodusters, named for the book Exodus in the Bible.
EMwx TIL at Fatburger, you can order a “Hypocrite"—a veggie burger topped with crispy strips of bacon.
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xvL5 TIL Robin Williams only made $75,000 for voicing the Genie in Aladin, which went on to gross over $200 million domestically. “Disney later sent him a late Picasso painting as a way of thanking him for his work.”