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TIL Doritos were created at Disneyland in an attempt to use up old tortillas that would otherwise be thrown out.

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7rwmL TIL: scorpians are arachnids, those coming from Egypt have special proteins that allow themselves to glow in UV blacklight
pYr1A TIL a victim of the SS Atlantic wreck was found to be a woman disguised as a man. A great favorite among her shipmates, one remarked "I didn't know Bill was a woman. He took his grog as regular as any of us, & was always begging or stealing tobacco. He was a good fellow, & I'm sorry he was a woman."
4kAn6 TIL that the N1, the rocket developed for the Soviet moon landing program, had a missile variant designed to deliver 17 multi-megaton nuclear warheads, essentially destroying the entire United States in a single launch
x5oD TIL that there are fridges full of free beer scattered throughout Europe that will only open for Canadians.
wLvlo TIL when Buzz Aldrin, second man on the moon, guest starred in The Simpsons, writers were concerned he would be offended by his line, "second comes after first," and offered an alternative- "first to take a soil sample." However, Aldrin preferred the original line, and it remained in the script.