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TIL that Queen is the only group to have each member write a #1 hit song

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v1YAR TIL Taco Bell has locations in 22 countries including China, Iceland and Guam but none in Mexico. They tried but failed twice to start locations there. Mexicans had trouble identifying what certain items were because of their inauthentic names. They had to rebrand the “Crunchy Taco” to a “Tacostada”
b9Dx4 TIL Russians call WWII "The Great Patriotic War"
X05jP TIL The first case of a DUI was a London Cabbie named George Smith who was swerving all over the place on September 10th, 1897 shortly after midnight. He was fined 20 schillings and told to be more careful next time.
nekgG TIL: "Jade" isn't a single mineral. It actually refers to either of two different minerals: nephrite, a silicate of calcium and magnesium, or jadeite, a silicate of sodium and aluminum.
R7law TIL The Lone Ranger was so named because the character is the sole survivor of a group of six Texas Rangers.