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TIL that Doritos were invented at Disneyland in 1964 as a way to use old tortillas

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PwoE TIL a “London Fog” was yellow smog so thick you couldn’t see the ground. These “pea soupers” often carried toxic chemicals and one in 1952 killed 4,000 people in five days. Due to the Clean Air Act the last London Fog was in 1962.
KO0R9 TIL turf grass is probably the most resource and labor intensive "crop" in the US, consuming more fresh water than the seven greatest water-using crops combined.
MewRa TIL destitute mothers would leave a playing card when abandoning their child. If the card was torn in half, it meant that the mother would someday return with her half of the card to claim the child. If card was whole, it meant that the child was fully abandoned and the mother would not return.
Z88QR Related: Do they change the surrounding temperature?
D1bKp TIL that in the past, Harry Belafonte had been barred from the door of the world famous nightclub the Copacabana because of his color, and then later he’d be headlining the joint.