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TIL Mexico is the biggest exporter of beer in the world.
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TIL in1940, Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia, created a time capsule intended to preserve items for 6,000 years.Called the "Crypt of Civilization," it contains recordings of everyday sounds, copies of the Bible, scientific instruments, and more. It's scheduled to be opened in the year 8113.
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TIL Khemjira Klongsanun, a runner in a Vietnam Marathon, found an abandoned puppy on the side of the road during the race, and ended up carrying it for the remaining 19 miles until the finish line. She adopted it afterwards.
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TIL that the studio that distributed the movie "Who Killed Captain Alex?", a 2010 Ugandan action comedy film produced on a reported budget of under $200, set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $160 for a sequel. The studio was able to receive $13,181 and the sequel is currently in production
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TIL in 1996 Tonya Harding, by then already a scandalous figure from the 1994 skating incidents, gave mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an 81-year-old woman who collapsed at a bar in Portland, and was credited with saving her life.
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TIL that Ostracism, intentionally excluding people, is derived from the Ancient Greek practice of temporarily expelling citizens they thought were a threat to society. Voters would scratch the name of the person to be expelled on broken pieces of pottery, called in Ancient Greek, "ostrakon."