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TIL that Doritos were originally created by Disneyland to make use of left over tortillas

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a5PL TIL that tomorrow is Bloomsday, where James Joyce enthusiasts all over the world celebrate the day their favorite author got a handjob on a first date
EnYp TIL in 2002 a 15 year old boy inspired by 9/11, stole an airplane and flew it into a skyscraper in Tampa, Florida. It damaged one office room and he was the only person that died.
edbD TIL that the Goiânia accident, “one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters” according to TIME, occurred when thieves stole a radiation capsule from an abandoned hospital because the guard took the day off to see ‘Herbie Goes Bananas’ with his family.
EgrV7 TIL in 2009, Stephen Hawking threw an open party for everyone, only announcing it after it was finished to ensure that only time-travelers knew about it. Unsurprisingly, no one came up.