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TIL there’s a group of tough-looking guys who rescue animals by force from abusive homes when the police won’t do anything

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ne4gr TIL that ‘The Shining’s’ Sally Duvall experienced a 'living hell" due to Kubrick’s direction, including making her to cry for 12 hours a day, forcing her to do the same emotional scene 127 times, and reaming her out for missing a cue.
XV1E TIL Taco Bell has added 15,000 jobs due to the success of its Doritos Locos taco.
WkXmN TIL Häagen-Dazs was created in the 1960s by an American couple living in the Bronx. They used a Danish-sounding name because it conveyed an "aura of the old-world traditions and craftsmanship" and added an umlaut even though that punctuation doesn't exist in the Danish language to make it stand out.
0dGOy TIL during the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979) life expectancy in the country fell to 12 years.
g9vW TIL 25 scientists working for GEC-Maroni died in mysterious circumstances between 1982-88. A Defense Journalist investigating the deaths hung himself in 1990.