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TIL “Tater Tot” is trademarked by a company called Ore-Ida and were created from using leftover scraps from slicing French fries.

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j68Kj TIL when adjusted for inflation, 4 of the top 9 highest-grossing movies of all time domestically are Star Wars films: Star Wars (#1), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (#4), Return of the Jedi (#7), & Star Wars: Episode I - the Phantom Menace (#9).