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

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dDyx9 TIL that in the lower regions of space, despite the air density being low enough to allow a short-term orbit, the atmospheric density is still high enough that sounds can be heard.
5VV4P TIL Quentin Tarantino directed an episode of CSI in 2005 after word of him being a fan of the show got back to the show's producers.
a8rnZ TIL For “no direction Home”. The iconic “Judas” moment And the onstage colour footage of “like a rolling stone”in Dylan’s 1966 Manchester concert, originally recorded by D. A. Pennebaker, was found in 2004 in a pile of water-damaged film recovered from Dylan’s vault.
lo5NK TIL that during World War 2, the English government made a real piece of propaganda depicting Hitler holding an enormous penis. The caption read: "This is a most appalling forgery, Everyone one knows the Fuhrer does not possess anything of the kind".
e1nL TIL jeans originally had that extra pocket “as a protective sleeve for cowboys’ pocket watches.”