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TIL Hot Cheetos were invented by a Mexican immigrant working as a janitor in a Frito-Lay plant, who is now an executive. After a machine broke, he took some plain Cheetos home, and created his own recipe inspired by street elotes. The president let him pitch it even though he barely spoke English.

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nJQr TIL that Nestle actively supports child trafficking and child slavery in Africa to obtain cocoa. Several organizations have been trying to end Nestle’s involvement, and in 2005 Nestle signed an ILO agreement to stop supporting child labor. 10 years later, Nestle hasn’t stopped.
wLjM TIL that there is a species of lizard that is 100% female. Nicknamed the “Lesbian Lizards”, they still participate in mating rituals in which they mount each other. This stimulates egg production without any gene transfer.
Yekv TIL there was a fire at Ohio Penitentiary that killed 322 and injured 150 inmates. Some guards refused to unlock cells, so inmates overpowered guards and took their keys to rescue other prisoners.
dlZ9 TIL Japanese children know it is time to go home when a specific tune is played over loud speaker. This tune is played throughout all the towns and cities of Japan at dusk and the tune is called Iriai No Kane.
MeA1A TIL of Hellfire Clubs, 18th century social clubs, extant in UK, where men and women gathered to perform socially unacceptable actions while simultaneously mocking religion, satirically, in a time when it was blasphemous to do so.