18 Things You Didn't Know About Taco Bell

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Taco Bell was originally called Taco Tia

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The Doritos Taco took about three years to make, from inception to when it was released for consumption

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Taco Bell sold about 1 million Doritos tacos a day

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There are no Taco Bells in Mexico

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The Doritos Taco was so successful that it helped Taco Bell add 15,000 jobs to the company

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Taco Bells menu is just as viable for weight loss as Subways

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Taco Bell offers French fries at some of its overseas locations

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Taco Bell is one of Macaulay Culkins preferred brands so much so that he had Christmas lunch there

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The original cost for a Taco Bell taco was 19 cents

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Taco Bell headquarters is one of the most beautiful structures on earth

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Taco Bell cinnamon twists start out life as these little pasta things

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The Taco Bell Chihuahuas name was Gidget

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Even though the Taco Bell Chihuahua character was male, Gidget was actually female

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Taco Bell once petitioned the government to start printing 2 bills again

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When the Mir space station was crashing down to Earth, Taco Bell put a giant target in the ocean and proclaimed that if any piece of the station hit the target, everyone in the U.S. would get a free taco

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Taco Bell used to have salsa bars

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Taco Bell has siblings! AW, KFC, Long John Silvers, and Pizza Hut are all of Taco Bells brotherssisters since Yum Brands is their collective fathermother

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Its beef is real, despite what you may believe