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TIL that while dining out at Lord Harcourt's residence at Nuneham in 1848 William Buckland was shown a silver locket containing an object resembling pumice stone. He popped the object in his mouth, and swallowed it. It was in fact part of the mummified heart of Louis XIV of France.

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Rv48 TIL The original Doritos were made at the Casa de Fritos at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. Using surplus tortillas, the company-owned restaurant cut them up, fried them, and added basic seasoning. These resembled the Mexican chilaquiles, but in this case being dry.
d49B TIL 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan (Wendy) are the only two Disney cartoon features with both parents that are present and don’t die throughout the movie
b644Q TIL that according to the Cleveland Clinic if you want to remember the correct rate of compressions while performing CPR on an unconscious person, you can follow the beats of songs such as Bee Gees' "Stayin' Alive" or "Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira - i.e. 100 to 120 times per minute.
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