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TIL that registrations of Chihuahuas actually DECREASED after those “Yo Quiero Taco Bell” commercials in the 90s

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bmvj TIL The Woman Who Falsely Accused Duke Lacrosse Players of Raping Her is Currently in Prison For Murdering Her Boyfriend in 2013
EeGp TIL: When launched in the 1950’s Betty Crocker’s cake mix sales were dismal when first launched, until psychologist Ernest Dichter suggested they remove ‘the barrier of guilt’ of the ease of the recipes, by adding a sense of participation. This was remedied by the instructions to 'add an egg’.
YpXWB TIL that Grant and Tory from the Mythbusters' B-team are only three years younger than Adam Savage.
5VKMP TIL A Sloth's claws are finger bones
GYnjG TIL American medicine still runs on fax machines. A 2017 study found that the fax accounts for 75% of the country's medical communications.