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TIL ‘medieval’ chastity belts are a myth

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8OjV TIL that Doritos were originally created by Disneyland to make use of left over tortillas
6EPKX TIL that the first Christian marriage in what is now the US was between a white man and a black woman.
jN5da TIL Maurice Ravel’s Boléro was meant for the main theme song of The Legend of Zelda. They couldn’t get the rights until just after the game would release, so Koji Kondo wrote the iconic score in one night.
AwLa TIL Nikolai Tesla patented a one-way-valve with no moving parts in 1920 (Patent US1329559)
0rP5 TIL During storms at sea the waves would rock the boat so seasick passengers would head below deck to a lower point where the rocking was less noticeable. Passengers were thus forced under the deck by the weather… and the expression “under the weather” was born!