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TIL Mexico is the biggest exporter of beer in the world.

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pk0Z TIL that the final scene in the Seinfeld episode “The Marine Biologist” was written in front of the live studio audience minutes before taping it. The take used in production was the first take that they shot.
W77BY TIL Before he was the best-selling author of The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown tried his luck as a musician. In 1994 he released an album called Angels & Demons—a title he reused for a 2000 novel.
mxdyO TIL that kale, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage are all the same plant species, just with different pressures from artificial selection.
kJ1B1 TIL: A study from 2014 shows that people perceive artwork to be superior if they are told the artist is mentally ill.
7rN6L TIL from 986 CE, Muslim Turks started raiding northwest India from Afghanistan, plundering western India. Forced conversions to Islam were made, and Buddhist images were smashed due to the Islamic dislike of idolatry. Hence, the Islamic term for an 'idol' became 'budd'.