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TIL Ore-Ida invented tater tots to make use of the leftover potato shavings from their French fries production.

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yNBe TIL Reddit is more male-dominated than Pinterest is female-dominated.
PYAEV TIL that in 2012, a British couple who was getting married in Manchester jokingly invited Queen Elizabeth II to their wedding. Their surprise was great when the queen came to attend their wedding accompanied by her husband.
D1ZAV TIL of Fatal insomnia disease. A genetic mutation that 40 families are known to carry worldwide and can be random. When it starts you die within months to 1 year depending when you stop sleeping altogether. Life expectancy is 7 months to 6 years.
6vk7 TIL Problem solving skills are good to a point, but those who spend a great deal of time problem solving are four times more likely to develop clinical depression
X070R TIL that in World War I Germany published warnings in American newspapers that they may attack the Lusitania