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TIL About Operation Underworld — when the US Government and the Mafia Collaborated to stop Nazis

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VGxG TIL That the Caesar Salad is named after Caesar Cardini, an Italian American hotel owner.
rbDo TIL: Only 0.7% of people in India are Buddhists. Apart from the Himalayas and niche locations, Buddhism was virtually extinct in India by the end of the 19th century.
mxOlp TIL a company in japan offers extra days off to workers who don’t smoke since they don’t take smoking breaks.
KYo1R TIL there was a family with 7 generations alive at the same time
GADNN TIL a woman aboard a flight from Manchester to Florida suffered a heart attack. The stewardess called for assistance and 15 cardiologists, en route to a cardiology conference, responded to save her.