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TIL that because Taco Bell is not well known outside the United States, the movie Demolition Man has every spoken/graphic mention of "Taco Bell" removed and replaced with "Pizza Hut" for international releases.

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46bJ TIL a statue of a Roman emperor in Britain was vandalized in 2003 with (grammatically correct) Latin
R7PjQ TIL that in 1996, an American citizen swam across a Chinese river into North Korea on a drunken dare. He got caught, was held and imprisoned under suspicion of being a spy, but was eventually released back to the U.S. He committed suicide a few weeks later.
M7QYK TIL The United States, who entered WWII with just four aircraft carriers, finished the war four years later with close to 100 carriers of all classes and types.
ZpJMG TIL the first 100,000 pressings of Tiger Woods ‘99 for PlayStation contained a video file of an early South Park short film, snuck onto the disc by an EA Sports employee.
69mvQ TIL about Abebe Bikila. The first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, he won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics while running barefoot, and again in 1964, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In 1969, he was paralysed and never walked again