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TIL that in the last four years 800,000 Americans have moved to Mexico, creating a migrant crisis in Mexico City so bad that many Mexican citizens can't afford rent anymore.

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1a75d TIL that the Dutch East India Company was valued at $7.9 trillion at its peak. That's more than the top 20 modern companies combined
4Py5 TIL that C-3PO and R2-D2 had their own 1985 single season 13 episode spin-off TV series.
8a75V TIL in the Beatles song Let it Be, "Mother Mary" is actually not a reference to the Virgin Mary. It instead refers to Paul's actual mother, Mary, who died when he was young. The song was inspired by a dream in which she gave him the advice "It will be all right, just let it be".
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