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TiL that nachos were invented by Ignacio Anaya. "Nacho" is the nickname of Ignacio.

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p8W8e TIL When The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released, several promotional inflatables where stolen off the roofs of Burger Kings, with some culprits demanding ransoms and some restaurants offering a reward. These Spongenappings continued in 2012, when the sequel was released.
P1aXO TIL that from 1801 to 1810 a pirate named Zheng Yi Sao was active in the South China Sea, eventually rising to lead a pirate confederacy. When she retired in 1810, she had 24 ships and 1433 pirates under her personal command. She later served as a privateer and retired to run a casino, dying at 68.
8LQ8 TIL the first recording of the spoken word “Fuck” was made in 1885.
mxJ8O TIL that the Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of education and medical services in the world.
9reX TIL: a russian farmer’s wife gave birth to 69 children, 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadruplets… when she died her husband remarried and had another 18 kids.