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TIL more Mexicans leaving than coming to the U.S.

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0ZGp TIL that Sriracha sauce (“rooster sauce”) founder Huy Fong started his company in a small office in Los Angeles’ Chinatown, hand-grinding peppers and selling the sauce to friends - he now runs it out of a 655,000 square foot HQ.
woLK1 TIL of the Cantalloc Aqueducts in Peru. Built by the Nazca between 200-900, there are over 30 aqueducts, many of which are still functional and are essential for irrigating local fields
mxKME TIL that context terms used in internet searches change the search results, often leading to confirmation bias. For example, if you search “is X good for you?”, the top results will be sources stating X is good for you. And vice versa.
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WgOo TIL that astronaut helmets have a patch of Velcro inside of them so astronauts have a way to scratch their noses.