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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”

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gEx9 TIL the phrase “Parthian Shot” refers to a military tactic of the ancient Parthians who would retreat at full gallop, turn around and fire a long bow at their enemies. There is actually controversy among etymologists as to whether “Parting Shot” is derived from this term.
69baw TIL for "The Notebook "(2004), Director Nick Cassavetes Cassavetes wanted someone unknown and "not handsome" to portray Noah; he chose Ryan Gosling for the role. Hayden Christensen was also originally considered for the role.
MDnW TIL of Sigismondo Malatesta, the only person ever canonized to Hell by the Roman Catholic church.
R5Ga TIL that Hugh Hefner didn’t lose his virginity until he was 22.
4aMJ TIL Mark Twain was born and died in the same years that Halley’s Comet flew by the Earth. Twain said, “I came in with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it.” He died of a heart attack day after the Comet’s closest approach in 1910.