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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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5Vlxp TIL about trailer buses. An engineless trailer either carried by a semi truck or another bus which itself is used as a bus. It was often used throughout history as a temporary cheep alternative to normal buses. These buses are still used (albeit very rarely) in some places on earth.
4XJrR TIL men born in the East of Glasgow, Scotland, have a life expectancy of 54 years
wD1P TIL That despite its fairly strong cult following, “Scott Pilgrim vs The World” fell nearly $10 million dollars short of its $85 million dollar budget - even after DVD & Blu-Ray sales.
MEvV TIL That C. Boycott was a English land agent who the Irish shunned so bad that he became a verb
KklE TIL that Rollen Stewart, the infamous born-again Christian known for holding up “John 3:16” signs at televised athletic events, is currently serving three consecutive life sentences for kidnapping a hotel maid.