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TIL that Doritos were originally Disneyland trash. In the early days of Disneyland, a restaurant named Casa de Fritos invented Doritos by repurposing stale tortillas they bought from a local vendor. The chips proved to be so popular they were eventually rolled out nationally by Frito-Lay in 1966.

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QJ11L TIL about the Nazino Tragedy where 6,000 people were deported from the Soviet Union to an island where there was no food, shelter, or water. Within 13 weeks, over 4,000 died or disappeared and signs of cannibalism was present on some of the bodies.
JYGY8 TIL Why blueprints are blue. In the mid 1800's, a photo chemical process was developed that enabled copying documents. The blueprinting process deposits blue ferric ferrocyanide in areas that were blank in the original document. Thus, the copy consists of white lines on a blue background.
gRY4 TIL that a study found that an additional ten trees on a given block corresponded to a one-per-cent increase in how healthy nearby residents felt and that patients with rooms in hospitals overlooking trees vs. those who’s rooms do no also recover and are discharged by about one day faster.
loGKN TIL Tunak Tunak Tun was only made because critics said Daler Mehndi's songs were only popular due to dancing women in the videos. Tunak became his most popular song ever and the video was just him in front of a bad CGI greenscreen.
XYA6 TIL Brain scanners can detect the brain making a decision 7 seconds before the person is aware of the choice, casting doubt upon the concept of “free will”