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TIL Taco Bell's first location, designated "Numero Uno," was saved from demolition by relocating the building fully intact from its original site in Downey, California, to the company's headquarters about 30 miles away in Irvine

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kJlD1 TIL that epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a rare genetic condition that causes skin to become extremely fragile and prone to blistering, led to the death of a two-month-old baby named Felix Jean.
Oo5m1 TIL paper recycling was first recorded in 1031, when Japanese shops sold repulped paper.
DQ8gv TIL Riverside, CA turned its old public library into “The Cheech” - a museum named for stoner-comedy legend Cheech Marin, now home to the largest private Chicano art collection in the U.S.
N7xGe TIL about "New Sincerity" a term referring to the general shift away from cynicism and irony in popular culture.
OR71 TIL over 300 incidents of child murder occurred in 1700s Germany and Austria due to incidents of “suicide by proxy”. Religious people were killing young children in order to have the government execute them so they could get into heaven.