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TIL that Doritos were originally created by Disneyland to make use of left over tortillas

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Z89v TIL lemmings don’t commit suicide by jumping off of cliffs and this myth comes from Disney staging the whole thing.
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lXba TIL Diane Fossey, a gorilla conservationist would track down poachers and torture them including setting one of their hut’s on fire and kidnapping their child for hostage. In her attempts to save the gorillas she made many enemies leading to her death, which is still unsolved.
gMomb TIL that the Chinese government, worried about potential national embarrassments due to the behavior of tourists abroad, had the China’s National Tourism Administration publish an information packet titled, roughly, the Guide to Civilized Tourism and Travel.
nWBpb TIL messenger pigeons only fly home to where they were born and pampered. To keep them loyal, they were isolated in cages while traveling. Releasing them with a message meant they'd rush back to their luxury life. They acted as a speedy, one-way messaging service.