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TIL Cheetos are designed specifically to melt in your mouth, tricking your brain into thinking they don’t contain calories, causing you to constantly crave more.

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0dON TIL In Assassin’s Creed, every key character you assassinate was a real person, and the date and location of their death is accurate.
Lgav TIL that James Cameron sold the rights to The Terminator for $1, with the condition that he (Cameron) would direct it.
5dY8 TIL: J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, compared himself to Vishnu, the destroyer of worlds. (This is an erie video clip)
9VnD TIL The FBI had to investigate the song “Louie Louie” after a parent complained that the unintelligible lyrics were hiding obscenities. After a two-year investigation they were unable to understand the lyrics and also missed the drummer yelling “fuck” at the 54th second.
D6rg TIL that a failed coup lead by pilots of King’s Hassan II of Morocco attacked his Boeing 727 jetliner using four Northrop F-5 jets. Damaging the fuselage, the king himself grabbed the radio and shouted “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Fooling the rebel pilots to break off their attack.