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TIL Cheetos were designed to be addictive. A 2013 investigation found that Frito-Lay spent $30 million a year on 500 chemists and psychologists to attain the perfect mix of crunchiness, aroma, and "mouth feel." They melt in the mouth immediately, tricking the brain into thinking it hasn't eaten much

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JXyj TIL a fur trapper named Ben Cochrum was attacked by wolves in 1922. After shooting seven wolves and beating four to death with his gun, the stock broke and he succumbed to being “torn to shreds”. His body was found surrounded by the remains of the 11 wolves he had killed fighting for his life.
GAm84 TIL about the No Surprises Act, which was enacted to, among other things, mandate in-network payments to out-of-network providers. If a person has to go to an ED, they no longer have to worry about it being out of network.
epPbJ TIL Olympic gold medalists Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky are the sponsors of USS Enterprise (CVN-80), and are technically considered permanent members of the ships crew.
Y7GgB TIL Betamax had higher quality images than VHS if recorded at the base β1 speed. However, it was rarely offered on Betamax VCRs after 1979 because its recording time on a standard Betamax tape was only 1 hour. So the image quality advantage over VHS was essentially removed for most of the format war
gM87b TIL From mid-1700s til 1970s, countries & individual cities had "ugly laws" that deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or disgusting object, to expose himself to public view."