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TIL Doritos roughly translates to "little golden things" in Spanish

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kOGDm TIL that in France Incest between consenting adults is not prohibited.
GAwK7 TIL that the 1969 Beach Boys album 20/20 featured creative contributions from four people convicted of murder (three of them following the release of the album)
M7jDA TIL in 1937 the soviets discovered that Samuel Dickstein, a prominent NY congressman, was running a criminal business of selling illegal US passports. He got on the soviet payroll for $1,250 a month($27k today) with the codename "crook", refering to his greediness. Nobody found out until the 90's
ne7Jb TIL 100 year old citizens of Barbados have their portrait printed on postal stamps to celebrate their anniversaries
8av0G TIL Steve Jobs believed that his commitment to vegan diets meant his body was flushed of mucus and he was free from body odor, so he didn't need to wear deodorant or shower regularly. His former coworkers quote that he was 'very, very wrong'