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TIL Doritos were created at Disneyland to recycle old tortillas that had been discarded.

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P1EGe TIL that 10,000 people were involved in the construction of the World Trade Center (c.1965-66 1972) and that 60 people were killed in construction accidents while it was being built. During their lifetimes the towers were host to the birth of 17 babies and 19 murders.
pY5bp TIL the "Elo" in the Elo rating system is not an acronym but named after its creator, Arpad Elo.
Aar7 TIL Steve Jobs had a high school GPA of 2.65
xVg1 TIL Queen were booed on their first concert to Australia and were told to “go back to Pommyland, ya pooftahs” Lead singer, Freddie Mercury replied on stage with “When we come back to Australia, Queen will be the biggest band in the world!
d8jg8 TIL 90% of Earth's population lives in the northern hemisphere