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MRQ8 TIL that in 1976 a janitor working at a Frito-Lay factory came upon some Cheetos with the cheese power missing after a machine broke on the assembly line, he took them home and put chili power on them and ‘Flamin’ Hot Cheetos’ were born.
LQAdQ TIL that the first instance of rapping with auto-tune is attributed to Eiffel 65 and their song "Too Much of Heaven"
74ZL TIL a 195 million year old dinosaur bone was found with soft tissue still preserved in it
5leR TIL that women can be fired for being attractive.
9YXXQ TIL that during peak growing season for the Midwest US corn belt, the region undergoes more photosynthesis activity than anywhere else on the planet-- with levels up to 40% greater than observed in the Amazon.