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TIL Caesar salad is technically Mexican food, because it was invented in Tijuana.

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PYxle TIL that the frontal lobes atrophy as we age. This doesn’t hurt intelligence, but it is responsible for inhibiting inappropriate thoughts. This is why adults have greater difficulty in thinking and start voicing ideas they would have previously suppressed.
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J1KA8 TIL Galileo's middle finger is on display in Florence
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