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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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oZBR TIL that the makers of “Pants are Overrated” did a 4-strip tribute to Calvin and Hobbes, taking place 26 years later.
YpAjd TIL in 1965, a Swedish student was told by his fiancée in East Germany that she would never be able to leave the country to live with him in Sweden. Undeterred, he took flying lessons for a year, illegally flew a Cessna from Austria into Czechoslovakia, smuggled her out, and married her in Sweden
ZQVp TIL of the saluting trap. British army conscripts would form a large group, then one by one walk to an officer. Each would salute, forcing him to salute back. The goal was to force the officer to salute as many soldiers as possible as fast as possible to make his arm sore.
OAPX TIL the Vatican added 7,000 LEDs to illuminate Michelangelo’s 6,000-square-foot Sistine Chapel ceiling painting. Thanks to this intervention, the work is now more visible to visitors than it has ever been in its 500-year history, including the years in which it was lit by daylight.
W7XL8 TIL that former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder owned Six Flags, and he ended up sending it into bankruptcy