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TIL Lemons float, but limes sink

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7rALp TIL that the most commonly used mushrooms (white and brown button, portobello) are all the same mushroom at a different age!
KY09a TIL The Caesar Salad was not made anywhere or when near Caesar in the Roman times. But instead made by an Italian American In Mexico.
rgGw TIL that the children’s menu was created during prohibition as a result of restaurants attempting to offset the losses from going “dry”.
69NDQ TIL that the earliest known writing dates back to around 3000 B.C.E. and was likely invented by the Sumerians in southern Iraq. It was used by temple officials to record the allocation of rations and movement of goods. The earliest texts were pictures (pictographs) of the items being recorded.
yOap TIL that the youngest person to ever become pregnant and give birth was 5 years old.