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TIL that Frito Lay briefly sold bags of “Cheesy Poofs” as an homage to South Park.

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xVBn5 TIL the PHSCC and NOAACOC are members of the Uniformed Services of the US, but are not part of the US military.
Jm7j TIL After buying out the McDonalds brothers, Ray Kroc was angry that the deal did not include the original McDonalds so he forced the McDonald brothers to change the name of the establishment (it was changed to the big M) and opened a McDonalds a block away and the put the big M out of business.
Qxrp TIL There was a French girl who who was locked in a dungeon for 25 years by her own mother and brother. Both of them received no jail time.
MePgA TIL Peanut butter manufacturers fought a 12 year legal battle with the FDA over the minimum peanut content required to be legally labelled as "peanut butter". Anything under 90% peanuts must be labelled "peanut spread".
N78D6 TIL the NHTSA's crash tests haven't been updated since the 70's, and no crash safety tests being performed today test with women in mind. They all test for the average male, and women have a 47% higher rate of serious injury in frontal collisions than men.