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TIL The man behind the Flamin’ Hot brand Cheetos was a janitor at Frito-Lay

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PgZ TIL that after Hulk (2003), director Ang Lee thought of retiring early, but his father convinced him not to. The next year, Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Director, for Brokeback Mountain.
X5QX TIL penguins were once introduced in Norway. One of them was promptly shot by a Norwegian matron who claimed it was a freak of nature that had invaded her yard.
r6dW TIL during the Soviet occupation of Estonia in the 1940s, around 17.5% of the population was deported to Siberia. June 14 1941 was one of the deportations, and is seen by many as a day of mourning.
Z8OBB TIL that Horace de Vere Cole would wander the streets with a cow's teat poking through the fly of his trousers; once he judged he had caused optimum outrage he would cut off the offending protrusion with a pair of scissors.
Lkkem TIL that an anonymous Swedish band's only release went to number one even though the entire album was recorded in a nonsense language