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TIL Taco Bell once released a burrito containing cayenne-flavored Pop-Rocks

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0o4N TIL that for 6 years a security guard at the company that did McDonald’s marketing and promotions stole game pieces worth $24 Million, netting $1 Million in kickbacks for himself as he could not redeem prizes himself.
b9JX4 TIL about the Black War or the British conquest of Tasmania. The Lieutenant-General declared Martial law allowing for the British colonists to kill the aboriginal Tasmanians with impunity. Historians today debate on whether to label the war as a genocide.
XEvKR TIL of Abuwtiyuw, one of the oldest known named animals
pJ5Q TIL that the hook on the end of a tape measure is intentionally loose. The distance it moves is equal to the thickness of the hook, to take into account the difference between hooking the end over an edge and pressing it against an object.
QJ4jd TIL Top Gun's Charlie was based on Christine Fox, a mathematician who worked at the Center for Naval Analyses, just accross the street from the Navy's Topgun School. In 2013 she became the Defense Department's acting Deputy Secretary, making her the highest ranking female in the DoD's history