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TIL that illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S. has decreased by 80% since 2000

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YpR5x TIL why we have middle names. The 3 names used today began in the Middle Ages when people were torn between giving their child a saint’s name or a common family name. The practice of giving 3 names eventually resolved the problem with a formula, given name 1st, baptismal name 2nd, surname 3rd
8rY4 TIL While running, breasts don’t just bounce; they do figure-eights.
7eB7 TIL The town of Tikrit in Iraq erected a monument of the shoe thrown at Geroge W Bush.
eOa4 TIL as many as two-thirds of the televised deals on Shark Tank do not go through.
gMkZ9 TIL of the Amazing Randi, a magician/skeptic who spent his life debunking false magicians, skeptics and con men, such as Uri Geller