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TIL Taco Bell is launching an “upscale” version of their restaurants “to compete with Chipotle.”

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xkJg TIL that H.P. Lovecraft was a virulent racist, and the fear he encountered after moving to ethnically-diverse Brooklyn helped him develop his horror writing.
8xrX TIL that Redheads don’t turn grey. Red hair gets gradually less red, becoming a light orange, then white. They are also found to lose their coloration later in life than non gingers.
6NV8 TIL that when you receive a kidney transplant, it’s placed in a lower abdomen and the failed kidneys are usually not removed, leaving you with three kidneys.
xVn9k TIL that crooked teeth are somehow the result of the industrial revolution. All fossils and remains of humans from more than 200 years ago have perfectly aligned, cavity free, teeth.
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