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TIL Orange Chicken was invented at a Hawaiian Panda Express in 1987.

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Nyg8 TIL that surgeons in 2013 discovered a new body part
YpvRZ TIL Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin (KLH) is a protein derived from the blood of Megathura crenulata limpets and is critical for making medicines. KLH cannot be synthetically made, making the mollusks' serum worth $100,000 per liter.
xVW9o TIL that white truffle hunters are extremely secretive about their business. They park their cars miles away from their hunting sites at ungodly hours along with their dogs which they protect with their lives. Not even the family members are let in on the secret.
pXOG TIL actor Gary Busey had been an outspoken opponent of helmet laws before his own motorcycle accident, but than changed sides and said: “If you don’t wear a helmet, you’re not playing with a full deck.”
69vYJ TIL In 2006 Disney traded Al Michaels to Universal to regain the rights to Walt Disney's first character, Oswald the Rabbit