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

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b9Nd0 TIL hay and straw are two totally different things. Hay is made up of legumes and used to feed livestock. Straw is a waste product of wheat and good bedding for animals.
oBO8A TIL the Hubble telescope can take images that are 1.5 Billion Pixels. More than can be fit on 600 HD television screens. The largest and sharpest image being that of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Jp1v TIL After a rude interaction, Zach Galifianakis once told January Jones “… everybody’s going to forget about you in a few years, so be fucking nice.”
R7r91 TIL: That Valentine's day is the day that Saint Valentine was killed by the Romans for conducting Christian marriages in 269 AD
6EDMY TIL Sea Silk, one of the rarest fabrics in the world, is secreted by Pen Shell mollusks to attach themselves to rocks or the seafloor. When harvested from these mollusks and woven into thin fibers the silk is even lighter and smoother than conventional silk.